The Japan South Korea Identity Clash

Author : Brad Glosserman,Scott A. Snyder
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231539289

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The Japan–South Korea Identity Clash by Brad Glosserman,Scott A. Snyder Pdf

Japan and South Korea are Western-style democracies with open-market economies committed to the rule of law. They are also U.S. allies. Yet despite their shared interests, shared values, and geographic proximity, divergent national identities have driven a wedge between them. Drawing on decades of expertise, Brad Glosserman and Scott A. Snyder investigate the roots of this split and its ongoing threat to the region and the world. Glosserman and Snyder isolate competing notions of national identity as the main obstacle to a productive partnership between Japan and South Korea. Through public opinion data, interviews, and years of observation, they show how fundamentally incompatible, rapidly changing conceptions of national identity in Japan and South Korea—and not struggles over power or structural issues—have complicated territorial claims and international policy. Despite changes in the governments of both countries and concerted efforts by leading political figures to encourage U.S.–ROK–Japan security cooperation, the Japan–South Korea relationship continues to be hobbled by history and its deep imprint on ideas of national identity. This book recommends bold, policy-oriented prescriptions for overcoming problems in Japan–South Korea relations and facilitating trilateral cooperation among these three Northeast Asian allies, recognizing the power of the public on issues of foreign policy, international relations, and the prospects for peace in Asia.

Author : T. Tamaki
Publisher : Springer
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230106123

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Deconstructing Japan's Image of South Korea by T. Tamaki Pdf

What role does identity play in foreign policy? How might identity impact on Japan's relations with South Korea? This book takes identity theorizing in International Relations theory a step further by attempting to account for a resilient collective identity that informs policy makers throughout time and space.

Author : Scott A. Snyder
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231557559

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The United States–South Korea Alliance by Scott A. Snyder Pdf

The alliance between the United States and South Korea has endured through seven decades of shifting regional and geopolitical security contexts. Yet it now faces challenges from within. Domestic political turmoil, including deepening political polarization and rising nationalism in both countries, has cast doubt on the alliance’s viability—with critical implications for the balance of power in East Asia. Scott A. Snyder provides an authoritative overview of the internal and external pressures on the U.S.–South Korea alliance and explores its future prospects. He argues that nationalist leaders’ accession to power could put past successes at risk and endanger the national security objectives of both countries. In the United States, “America first” nationalism favors self-interest over cooperation and portrays allies as burdens or even free riders. “Korea first” sentiments, in both progressive and conservative forms, present the U.S. military presence in South Korea as an obstacle to Korean reconciliation or a shackle on South Korea’s freedom of action. Snyder also examines North Korea’s attempts to influence South Korean domestic politics and how China’s growing strength has affected the dynamics of the alliance. He considers scenarios in which the U.S.–South Korea relationship weakens or crumbles, emphasizing the consequences for the region and the world. Drawing on this analysis, Snyder offers timely recommendations for stakeholders in both countries on how to preserve and strengthen the alliance.

Author : Tʻae-hyo Kim,Brad Glosserman
Publisher : CSIS
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0892064544

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The Future of U.S.-Korea-Japan Relations by Tʻae-hyo Kim,Brad Glosserman Pdf

"This book does not argue for stronger security ties among the three countries based solely on a shared understanding of the threats posed by North Korea. Nor does it look toward containment of a rising China or resurgent Russia for its strategic rationale. Rather, the authors argue for broadening the foundation on which the three nations' ties rest. A better understanding of the complex weave of interests and values that binds the United States, South Korea, and Japan will stabilize the relationships and make them more resilient and adaptable to future developments."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Scott A. Snyder
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0231185499

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South Korea at the Crossroads by Scott A. Snyder Pdf

South Korea at the Crossroads examines fifty years of South Korean foreign policy and offers predictions--and a prescription--for the future. Pairing a historical perspective with a shrewd understanding of today's political landscape, Scott A. Snyder contends that South Korea's best strategy remains a robust alliance with the United States.

Author : Scott A. Snyder
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231546188

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South Korea at the Crossroads by Scott A. Snyder Pdf

Against the backdrop of China’s mounting influence and North Korea’s growing nuclear capability and expanding missile arsenal, South Korea faces a set of strategic choices that will shape its economic prospects and national security. In South Korea at the Crossroads, Scott A. Snyder examines the trajectory of fifty years of South Korean foreign policy and offers predictions—and a prescription—for the future. Pairing a historical perspective with a shrewd understanding of today’s political landscape, Snyder contends that South Korea’s best strategy remains investing in a robust alliance with the United States. Snyder begins with South Korea’s effort in the 1960s to offset the risk of abandonment by the United States during the Vietnam War and the subsequent crisis in the alliance during the 1970s. A series of shifts in South Korean foreign relations followed: the “Nordpolitik” engagement with the Soviet Union and China at the end of the Cold War; Kim Dae Jung’s “Sunshine Policy,” designed to bring North Korea into the international community; “trustpolitik,” which sought to foster diplomacy with North Korea and Japan; and changes in South Korea’s relationship with the United States. Despite its rise as a leader in international financial, development, and climate-change forums, South Korea will likely still require the commitment of the United States to guarantee its security. Although China is a tempting option, Snyder argues that only the United States is both credible and capable in this role. South Korea remains vulnerable relative to other regional powers in northeast Asia despite its rising profile as a middle power, and it must balance the contradiction of desirable autonomy and necessary alliance.

Author : Britta Kistenich
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783346008114

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From Normalization to Reconciliation. The Japan-Korea Case by Britta Kistenich Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Far East, grade: 1,0, Korea University, Seoul (Graduate School of International Studies), course: Korea-Japan Relations, language: English, abstract: More than five decades ago, Japan and the Republic of Korea (in the following "Korea" or "South Korea") normalized their relation. Much time has passed, but frictions continue to strain relations every once in a while, usually due to history-related issues. This casts doubt on the claim that normalization has brought with it reconciliation. Like MORRIS-SUZUKI stated, Japan and Korea have not been able to achieve more than "a "thin" and ultimately very fragile form of reconciliation" yet. Thus, the main questions of this paper are: Is "thick" reconciliation between Japan and Korea desirable, let alone possible? How can such a reconciliation be achieved? Why is history still a problem? To answer these question, the paper is structured as following: First, the meaning of reconciliation will be discussed. Based on this the main part analyses and discusses reconciliation between Japan and Korea by explaining the history "problem", exploring conditions and ways for "thick" reconciliation and assessing the possibility of achieving "thick" reconciliation in the future. Lastly, the conclusion summarizes and assesses the findings of this paper.

Author : G. John Ikenberry,Michael Mastanduno
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231125901

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International Relations Theory and the Asia-Pacific by G. John Ikenberry,Michael Mastanduno Pdf

What tools will international relations theorists need to understand the complex relationship among China, Japan, and the United States as the three powers shape the economic and political future of this crucial region? Some of the best and most innovative scholars in international relations and Asian area studies gather here with the working premise that stability in the broader Asia-Pacific region is in large part a function of the behavior of, and relationships among, these three major powers.

Author : Min Jin Lee
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781455563913

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Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist) by Min Jin Lee Pdf

A New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist, Pachinko is an "extraordinary epic" of four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family as they fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan (San Francisco Chronicle). NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 * A USA TODAY TOP TEN OF 2017 * JULY PICK FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB NOW READ THIS * FINALIST FOR THE 2018DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE* WINNER OF THE MEDICI BOOK CLUB PRIZE Roxane Gay's Favorite Book of 2017, Washington Post NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER * WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER "There could only be a few winners, and a lot of losers. And yet we played on, because we had hope that we might be the lucky ones." In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant--and that her lover is married--she refuses to be bought. Instead, she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her son's powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations. Richly told and profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling street markets to the halls of Japan's finest universities to the pachinko parlors of the criminal underworld, Lee's complex and passionate characters--strong, stubborn women, devoted sisters and sons, fathers shaken by moral crisis--survive and thrive against the indifferent arc of history. *Includes reading group guide*

Author : Hyung Il Pai,Timothy R. Tangherlini
Publisher : Institute of East Asian Studies University of California - B
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Korea
ISBN : UOM:39015036361635

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Nationalism and the Construction of Korean Identity by Hyung Il Pai,Timothy R. Tangherlini Pdf

Author : Amy Catalinac
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107120495

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Electoral Reform and National Security in Japan by Amy Catalinac Pdf

This book argues that Japanese politicians pay more attention to security issues nowadays because of the electoral reform.

Author : Sonia Ryang,John Lie
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520916197

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Diaspora without Homeland by Sonia Ryang,John Lie Pdf

More than one-half million people of Korean descent reside in Japan today—the largest ethnic minority in a country often assumed to be homogeneous. This timely, interdisciplinary volume blends original empirical research with the vibrant field of diaspora studies to understand the complicated history, identity, and status of the Korean minority in Japan. An international group of scholars explores commonalities and contradictions in the Korean diasporic experience, touching on such issues as citizenship and belonging, the personal and the political, and homeland and hostland.

Author : Kevin P Clements
Publisher : Springer
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319548975

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Identity, Trust, and Reconciliation in East Asia by Kevin P Clements Pdf

This edited collection explores how East Asia’s painful history continues to haunt the relationships between its countries and peoples. Through a largely social-psychological and constructivist lens, the authors examine the ways in which historical memory and unmet identity needs generates mutual suspicion, xenophobic nationalism and tensions in the bilateral and trilateral relationships within the region. This text not only addresses some of the domestic drivers of Japanese, Chinese and South Korean foreign policy - and the implications of increasingly autocratic rule in all three countries – but also analyses the way in which new security mechanisms and processes advancing trust, confidence and reconciliation can replace those generating mistrust, antagonism and insecurity.

Author : Robert J. Pekkanen,Saadia Pekkanen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1001 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190050993

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The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics by Robert J. Pekkanen,Saadia Pekkanen Pdf

"Book Abstract and Keywords: The study of Japanese politics has flourished over the past several decades. This Handbook provides a state-of-the-field overview for students and researchers of Japanese. The volume also serves to introduce Japanese politics to readers less familiar with Japan. In addition, the volume has a theme of "evaluating Japan's democracy." Taken as a whole, the volume provides a positive evaluation of the state of Japan's democracy. The volume is divided into two parts, roughly corresponding to domestic Japanese politics and Japan's international politics. Within the domestic politics part, there are four distinct sections: "Domestic Political Actors and Institutions," covering the Japanese Constitution, electoral systems, prime minister, Diet, bureaucracy, judiciary, and local government; "Political Parties and Coalitions," covering the Liberal Democratic Party, coalition government, Kōmeitō, and the political opposition; "Policymaking and the Public," covering the policymaking process, public opinion, civil society, and populism; and, "Political Economy and Social Policy," covering industrial, energy, social welfare, agricultural, monetary, and immigration policies, as well as social inequality. In the international relations part, there are four sections: "International Relations Frameworks," covering grand strategy, international organizations, and international status; "International Political Economy," covering trade, finance, foreign direct investment, the environment, economic regionalism, and the linkage between security and economics; "International Security," covering remilitarization, global and regional security multilateralism, nuclear nonproliferation, naval power, space security, and cybersecurity; and, "Foreign Relations" covering Japan's relations with the United States, China, South Korea, ASEAN, India, the European Union, and Russia. Keywords: international relations, comparative politics, democracy, international order, alliances, space security, elections, Liberal Democratic Party, multilateralism, remilitarization, international organizations, populism, civil society, coalitions, political parties, trade, finance monetary policy, foreign direct investment, cybersecurity"--

Author : Paul Huth,Sunwoong Kim,Terence Roehrig
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004447899

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The Dokdo/Takeshima Dispute by Paul Huth,Sunwoong Kim,Terence Roehrig Pdf

In The Dokdo/Takeshima Dispute, Paul Huth, Sunwoong Kim, and Terence Roehrig have assembled top scholars from Japan, South Korea, and the United States to provide a balanced and comprehensive look from multiple perspectives of this long-running island dispute.