This dissertation seeks to answer why South Korea's scope of strategic shift vis-à-vis a China that has become more powerful and assertive in the post-Cold War era is limited and restrained, especially when compared to the dramatic changes in Japan's strategic posture in dealing with a rising...
This thesis analyzes the evolution of the Sino-Japanese conflict over ownership of the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands since the end of the Cold War. It argues that the 2012-2013 confrontation following the nationalization of the islands by Japan is the result of a process of conflict escalation that...
When and why does a perpetrator state take a more penitent stance on its past injustices? This dissertation explores the variations in Japan's and Germany's choice of history policy, mainly through the comparative study of common historical issues--sexual slavery, forced labor, and biased history...
This thesis examines how Japan and China have avoided an escalation of competition over energy resources, and instead developed cooperative arrangements, despite their large energy demand, mercantilist energy strategies, and mutual distrust. It argues that Japan and China have managed their...
This thesis examines one aspect of the information revolution's impact on international relations by studying the securitization of cyberspace through the structural realist set of optics. The first of the two main questions addressed in this study asks whether or not structural realism, and...