Browsing Program of Asian Studies by Title
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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 ... -
Oil as a Strategic Resource: Impact of the 1973 Oil Crisis on the Korean Peninsula
(Georgetown University, 2020)The 1973 oil crisis caused more significant economic fluctuations in the economic performance of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) compared to that of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). Many scholars ... -
One Country Two Systems in Taiwan and Alienation after the 2019 Hong Kong Protest
(Georgetown University, 2022)Compared with 2019, 2020 saw a drastic increase in Communist Party of China (CCP) flight violations into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). Chinese warplanes crossed the median line, a vital part of Taiwan’s ... -
Political Externalities of Free Trade Agreement
(Georgetown University, 2013)How much do political incentives play a role in free trade agreements (FTAs)? While political economists focused much on the interaction between state and market, they have paid scant attention to analyzing the role of ... -
Post-Tiananmen: Authoritarian China’s Human Rights Flexibility
(Georgetown University, 2020)The human rights record of the People’s Republic of China has long been the subject of debate over the past few decades. The dichotomy of this controversy is crystal-clear: While the international human rights community, ... -
Protecting Defense: Making Sense of Japan's Post-WWII Arms Procurement Policies
(Georgetown University, 2017)This research explores the root of the conventional practices of sumiwake in Japan’s post-war defense industry and procurement policies, which have minimized domestic competition between firms thus rendering the industry ... -
Rationale for Revisionism? Neoclassical Realism and China’s New Maritime Assertiveness
(Georgetown University, 2017)The renewed tension between China and other claimant states over disputed territories in the East and South China Seas in the past few years has generated widespread concern about China’s increasing assertiveness in ... -
Regional Planning in China: The Lanzhou-Xining Urban Cluster Plan and Development Outcomes
(Georgetown University, 2021)China’s 13th Five Year Plan (2016-2020) emphasized “New-Style Urbanization” as a key goal. The State Council’s “New-Style Urbanization Plan: 2014-2020” addressed unbalanced development, regional spatial inequalities, food ... -
Romancing India, Reinventing Japan, Explaining Continuity in the India-Japan Partnership
(Georgetown University, 2013)Why did the Hatoyama Yukio administration in Japan continue to build its partnership with India, despite changes in policy toward the U.S. and China? This paper argues that continuity prevailed because partnership with ... -
Romantic Love and Free Marriage in Taiwan under Japanese Rule: Writings from Taiwan Youth, 1920-1921
(Georgetown University, 2019)One of the remarkable effects of the appointment of Den Kenjirō 田健治郎 (1855-1930) as the first civilian Governor-General of Taiwan in 1919 was the establishment of the first Taiwanese-owned newspapers and journals, which ... -
Rule Without Law: China's Economic Slowdown and Crackdown on Labor Activism
(Georgetown University, 2017)In late 2015, the Chinese Communist Party arrested scores of labor activists and rights defense lawyers and revoked the licenses of labor NGOs. While many scholars have labeled the attack on the labor movement as a part ... -
Sanctions Evasion and the Emergence of the Informal Economy in North Korea
(Georgetown University, 2017)This paper seeks to answer core questions about the development of the informal economy. More specifically, it asks why the leadership in North Korea allows informal economic activities to continue despite the fact that ... -
Sex for Sale: The Role of Culture and Demand in Japan's Human Trafficking Industry
(Georgetown University, 2020)The international sex trafficking trade is a multi-billion-dollar enterprise that reaps enormous profits from the exploitation of the human body, where human beings become nothing more than a vendible good. Sex work is not ... -
Sherlock in Pyongyang
(Georgetown University, 2017)Since 2000, the British Council, under the auspices of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office has run an English Language Teacher Training Programme in Pyongyang, North Korea. Its primary aim is to train North Korean teachers ... -
Sino-Japanese Relations and the Security Dilemma
(Georgetown University, 2014)This thesis investigates Sino-Japanese security relations and evaluates the explanatory power of the security dilemma theory, which is often invoked in the argument concerning the bilateral relationship. Upon demonstrating ... -
Small State, Big Influence: China's North Korea Policy Dilemma
(Georgetown University, 2013)This article seeks to analyze why China is reluctant to significantly change its North Korea policy despite continued North Korean nuclear provocations that have hindered China's own strategic and security interests. The ... -
South Korean Democracy at Stake: How Close State-Business Relations Inhibit Democratic Development
(Georgetown University, 2018)As South Korea is considered a bastion of democracy in Asia, it is important to understand not just the country’s accomplishments, but the limitations of its system as well. In light of the impeachment of former President ... -
State-owned Enterprise Reforms in the New Era: The Recentralization Reform of Chinese High-speed Railway Industry
(Georgetown University, 2019)Chinese economic development has undergone significant changes in the past several decades. When China first joined the WTO and announced its “Going out” policy in the early 2000s, increasing the role of the market was ... -
Structural and Ideological Barriers that Perpetuate the Implementation Gap in South Korean Women’s Empowerment Policie
(Georgetown University, 2018)This thesis examines the structural and cultural barriers that perpetuate the implementation gap in South Korean women’s empowerment policies while asking the primary research question: despite having a strong women's ...
