Browsing Program of Asian Studies by Title
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Ethno-Demographic Dynamics of the Rohingya-Buddhist Conflict
(Georgetown University, 2016)Ethno-demographic grievances define the conflict between Buddhist and Rohingya-Muslim populations in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. Nationalistic Buddhist leaders, such as the controversial monk Ashin Wirathu, maintain that ... -
Explaining Cambodia’s Foreign Policy: The Importance of Domestic Factors and Sino-Cambodia Relations on ASEAN
(Georgetown University, 2020)This paper studies the Cambodia decision to block the ASEAN Foreign Minister Statement from supporting the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s reward to the Philippines in the Philippines v China 2016 case on their disputed ... -
Fishing in Troubled Waters: China, Turkey, and the Eastern Mediterranean
(Georgetown University, 2022)The article seeks to explain the conspicuous lack of alignment and mutual support between Turkey and China on their respective regional maritime disputes. A comparison of the maritime disputes between Turkey and its neighbors ... -
Forming an Abode of Peace: An Assessment of Brunei’s Role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from 1984-2020
(Georgetown University, 2021)How can small states reorder power relations to survive in the international system? Using a model inspired by the classical realism of Hans Morgenthau, this thesis argues that through the formation and maintenance of ... -
Historical Memory and Domestic Civic Trust in Japan-South Korea Security Relations
(Georgetown University, 2018)South Korea and Japan were unable to implement the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) or pursue an Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) in 2012 despite recent violent provocations from ... -
The Impact of Local Federalism with Chinese Characteristics on the Outcomes of Hu Jintao's Pro-Rural Policies
(Georgetown University, 2017)Former Chinese President Hu Jintao launched campaigns to promote a more “scientific” development between 2002 and 2012 in order to build a “harmonious society”, indicating his determination to shift toward a more equitable, ... -
The Impact of the Internet on Chinese Nationalism: The Emergence of Contentious Spaces Onlines
(Georgetown University, 2014)This paper seeks to answer the question of why anti-Japanese nationalism related to historical memory of World War II has grown at such a rapid pace among Chinese internet-users despite several elements commonly understood ... -
The Importance of Chinese Vernacular Architecture in Explaining the Decline of Rujiasixiang in the People's Republic of China
(Georgetown University, 2017)An overlooked factor that explains for China’s widening moral vacuum and waning rujiasixiang (Confucian-Mencian thought) is the destruction of Chinese vernacular architecture, for architectural space not only shapes social ... -
Incentivizing Solidarity: the Kim Regime’s Employment of Mafia Tactics
(Georgetown University, 2016)With the predominance of seemingly continuous instability due to unconventional power shifts, devastating famines, and pervasive human rights violations, speculation of collapse within North Korea has abounded in the ... -
Japan’s Elder Care Policies: Effectiveness and Impact
(Georgetown University, 2021)Japan’s system of integrated elder care, or the Community-based Integrated Care System plan, has been rightfully praised for its innovative approach to providing care with limited resources for an aging demographic. This ... -
Japan’s Refugee Policy: Sharing the Burden of Human Security
(Georgetown University, 2018)This thesis asks: why does Japan accept a low number of refugees despite its responsibility to contribute to global peace as a member of G7, its willingness to participate in other forms of humanitarian assistance, and its ... -
Korean Perception on Defense Cooperation with Japan
(Georgetown University, 2017)The Republic of Korea and Japan are two most important security allies of the United States in East Asia, yet they lack substantial defense cooperation between each other. This thesis looks at the current condition of ... -
The Korean War in Contemporary China: How and Why the Korean War Is Remembered as a Victory
(Georgetown University, 2013)In this thesis, I examine the historical memory of the Korean War, and why it is remembered as the victory that it is. Often referred to as "the War to Resist America and Aid Korean" (KangMei-YuanChao) in China, the Korean ... -
Legacies of Republican-Era Population Policy in the Modern Two-Child Policy
(Georgetown University, 2021)Fears of a demographic crisis in China have led the Chinese government to relax its one-child policy to a two-child policy. Policies intended to reduce the cost of childbearing have not successfully raised the birth rate, ... -
Literary Autonomy in North Korea: Authority, Agency, and the Art of Control
(Georgetown University, 2017)What explains the absence of a popular uprising in a country that, despite isolation, has experienced an infiltration of information over the years; despite lethargy, has felt the emergence of class divisions; and, despite ... -
Massacre as Method: The National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims and China’s Drive for Regional Power
(Georgetown University, 2015)In December 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over China’s first state commemoration of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre. The decision to hold this event, made months prior in February at the National People’s Congress ... -
Modeling State Decisions to Pursue Nuclear Weapons
(Georgetown University, 2014)This paper addresses the puzzle of why states proliferate nuclear weapons, despite a widespread call for global nuclear disarmament and the high costs of non-compliance behavior that follow. Most existing research on the ... -
Money Does Grow on Trees: Analyzing the Nexus of Forestry Crime and Money Laundering
(Georgetown University, 2019)How effective are anti-money laundering approaches to combat rampant illegal logging and forest destruction in Southeast Asia. In 2017, every second across the world, an area of forest more than the size of a football field ... -
Non-Nuclear Threats to Nuclear Deterrence and Stability: The Case of South Korea
(Georgetown University, 2020)The United States’ most vulnerable allies in East Asia are beginning to rethink their security strategies. Historically, “nuclear umbrella” states in East Asia, or major non-nuclear U.S. allies who are threatened by the ... -
North Korea's Transnational Media Commodity Network
(Georgetown University, 2015)Why are there are increasing numbers of North Koreans inside the country willing to consume and share illegal foreign media over the last ten years, despite greater risk of capital punishment due to tighter border controls ...
