ASEAN ASEAN and the rise of China August 16, 2019 0 Written by Anne Booth. Image Credit: 170511 ASEAN Business Dialogue 3156 by Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. By the early 2000s, the…
China Why China might welcome a ‘Hard Brexit’ August 7, 2018 2 Written by Michael Reilly. A quick glance at almost any of the British government’s statements and position papers on ‘Brexit’ since 2016 will show the…
Japan Sport under Japanese Colonialism: Korean Representation April 10, 2018 0 Written by Stefan Huebner. The recent Winter Olympics in PyeongChang not only exemplified world class performances in sport, but also highlighted the continuing separation of the Korean nation.…
Asia Globalisation and Convergence: The Example of South Korea December 17, 2015 0 IAPS visiting fellow, Professor Chris Rowley has won a Korea Foundation 2016 Fellowship for Field Research on the subject of Globalisation and Convergence: The Example of…
China The 70th Anniversary of Japan’s surrender September 2, 2015 1 Written by Hans Van de Ven. On August 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced in his first ever radio broadcast that he had instructed his cabinet ‘to…
China Why Chopsticks? Their Origin and Development in Asian Culinary Culture July 29, 2015 0 Written by Q. Edward Wang. Chopsticks are ubiquitous in Asia. They are so essential for one’s daily life in the region, or the “chopsticks cultural sphere”…
Nationalism and national identity Challenges of Taming Nationalism in Northeast Asia February 10, 2015 0 Written by Gi-Wook Shin. In a speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in May 2013, South Korean President Park Geun-hye contended, “Asia…
Nationalism and national identity Chinese and Russian National Identity on the 70th Anniversary of WWII February 9, 2015 0 Written by Gilbert Rozman. The year 2015 serves in China to showcase Japan’s alleged transgressions from the postwar order and in Russia to accuse the West…
International Relations How to fix Japan-Korea relations October 20, 2014 0 Written by David A. Welch. In an earlier piece, I suggested that the first thing Japan and Korea should do to set the stage for progress…
China-Japan China’s dangerous gamble November 29, 2013 2 Written by J. Michael Cole. The announcement by China on November 23 that it had established and would enforce an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)…
