Korea and East Asia

Rüdiger Frank is Professor of East Asian Economy and Society at the University of Vienna. His major research fields are socialist transformation in East Asia and Europe (with a focus on North Korea), state-business relations in East Asia, and regional integration in East Asia. His most recent books are: (with S. Burghart, eds., 2010) Driving Forces of Socialist Transformation: North Korea and the Experience of Europe and East Asia; (ed., 2011) Exploring North Korean Arts; and (with J. Hoare, P. Köllner and S. Pares, eds., 2011) Korea 2011: Politics, Economy, and Society.John Swenson-Wright is the Fuji Bank University Senior Lecturer in Modern Japanese Studies and a fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge. His early research focused on early Cold War US-Japan foreign and security relations and was published as Unequal Allies? United States Security and Alliance Policy Towards Japan, 1945-1960 (2005). In addition, he is the editor of The Best Course Available. A Personal Account of the Secret US-Japan Okinawa Reversion Negotiations (2002). His current interest focuses on contemporary political and security interests in Northeast Asia, with particular reference to Japan and the Korean peninsula. He is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House.

"...the book is a valuable resource for scholars and policy makers assessing President Park Geun-hye’s Trustpolitik and her proposal for a Northeast Asian Peace and Cooperation Initiative."-Ian E. Rinehart, Congressional Research Service

• ForewordList of ContributorsIntroduction: Security Issues for Northeast AsiaRudiger FrankCollective Security: The OSCE and the European ExperienceColin MunroCollective Security, a European Experience: The Italian Approach Based on Engagement with the DPRKRoberta BallabioSecurity Spirals and Threat Perceptions: China and (Non-)Collective SecurityNele NoesseltCommentary on Papers by Colin Munro, Roberta Ballabio and Nele NoesseltRosemary FootThe Role of the United States in the International Relations of East Asia: Still a Leader?David C. Kang and Leif-Eric EasleyThe Role of Japan in the International Relations of East AsiaJohn Swenson-WrightRussia and Asian Integration Models: The SCO Experience and Ideas for Northeast AsiaGeorgy TolorayaStrategic Choices and Political Paralysis in the Korean Crisis: Commentary on Papers by David C. Kang/Leif-Eric Easley, John Swenson-Wright and Georgy TolorayaHazel SmithSouth Korea’s Foreign Policy and East AsiaChaesung ChunNorth Korea’s Place in East Asian International RelationsHaksoon PaikThe Six Party Talks and Implications for Peninsularand Regional Peace and SecurityChung-in MoonCommentary on Papers by Chung-in Moon, Chaesung Chun and Haksoon Paik James HoareASEM and Europe-Asia RelationsSung-Hoon ParkEast Asian Regional Models of Collective Security: The East Asian CommunityScott SnyderCommentary on Papers by Sung-Hoon Park and Scott SnyderJulie Gilson