Major IR theories, which stress that actors will inevitably only seek to enhance their own
interests, tend to contrive binaries of self and other and 'inside'and 'outside'. By contrast, this …

China's emergence in Africa is the most significant development for the continent since at
least the end of the Cold War. Of the permanent members of the UN Security Council, China …

Article Type: Research Paper Purpose—The DPRK has maintained an extensive array of
foreign relationships over the past decades, both for political and economic gains. This …

Pariah status for violating international norms over decades increased Myanmar and North
Korea's dependence on China. Myanmar's post-2010 reforms sought to reduce international …

This study seeks to explain how a weaker party could decide on its own to confront a
stronger party. The weaker party relies on relational turn in international relations to provide …

In 2018, both the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(DPRK) will mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of their separate governments …

In lieu of taking stock of the many problems presently plaguing Sino‐US relations, this
research zeroes in on just one of them–the evolving situation on the Korean Peninsula that …

The assumption that great powers exert significant control over their allies and also
influence their policies is a fallacy. In fact, it is not uncommon that allies undermine the …

The US faces many dilemmas in facing an XXI century China. The recent crisis that has
occurred in the South China Sea and issues related to the trade war between the two global …

Such a double-headed mission complicates not only the writing but also coordination
among the authors. I am grateful to my eight younger colleagues who fearlessly agreed to …