1st Edition
The Foreign Policy Decision-Making of Japan and South Korea Navigating the Rise of China
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviation
Notes on Transliteration and Translation
Chapter 1: Introduction: Japan and South Korea in the Era of China’s Rise
China and East Asia
Decision-Making in East Asia
Research Design
Methodology
Causal Argument
Roadmap
Chapter 2: Decision-Making, Neoclassical Realism, and the Domestic Contexts of Japan and South Korea
Why Study State Decision-Making?
Making Sense of the Black Box: Neoclassical Realism/What Is Neoclassical Realism and Why Am I Using It?
Setting the Stage
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Old Rivalries and New Beginnings (1992–2000)
Sino-Japanese Relations
Sino-South Korean Relations: Honeymoon Phase
International Factors
Domestic Factors
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Japan, South Korea, and China’s Global Ascendance (2001–2009)
Sino-Japanese Relations
Sino-South Korean Relations
International Factors
Domestic Factors
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Sea Changes and Ice Ages: Growing Tensions with China (2010–2016)
Sino-Japanese Relations
Sino-South Korean Relations
International Factors
Domestic Factors
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Japan and South Korea in the Age of Chinese Ambitions (2016–2025)
Introduction
Sino-Japanese Relations
Sino-South Korean Relations
International Factors
Domestic Factors
Conclusion
Chapter 7: Bird’s Eye View of Japan and South Korea’s Relations with China (1992–2022)
International Factors
Domestic Factors
Japan’s and South Korea’s responses to the Rise of China
Conclusion
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Implications and Future Research
Recent Years
Concluding Remarks
Appendix: Backgrounds of Interviewees
Index
Biography
Kina Kunz is a teaching fellow at the University of Tübingen and holds a PhD in politics from the University of Otago. Her research focuses on international relations in Northeast Asia and state decision-making processes. She has taught courses on Northeast Asian politics, US foreign policy, international relations theory, and New Zealand’s external relations. She has contributed articles to NK News, the Asia New Zealand Foundation, 9Dashline, and The Context and is the co-author of Competing Victimhood and Intergenerational Responsibility in Japan-Korea Relations.
