The Japan-South Korea Identity Clash

East Asian Security and the United States
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-231-17170-0
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 393 g

Reihe: Contemporary Asia in the World

Japan and South Korea are Western-style democracies with open-market economies committed to the rule of law. They are also U.S. allies. Yet despite their shared interests, shared values, and geographic proximity, divergent national identities have driven a wedge between them. Drawing on decades of expertise, Brad Glosserman and Scott Snyder investigate the roots of this split and its ongoing threat to the region and the world.

Glosserman and Snyder isolate competing notions of national identity as the main obstacle to a productive partnership between Japan and South Korea. Through public opinion data, interviews, and years of observation, they show how fundamentally incompatible, rapidly changing conceptions of national identity in Japan and South Korea and not struggles over power or structural issues have complicated territorial claims and international policy. Despite changes in the governments of both countries and concerted efforts by leading political figures to encourage US;ROK;Japan security cooperation, the Japan;Korea relationship continues to be hobbled by history and its deep imprint on ideas of national identity. This book recommends bold, policy-oriented prescriptions for overcoming problems in Japan;Korea relations and facilitating trilateral cooperation among these three Northeast Asian allies, recognizing the power of the public on issues of foreign policy, international relations, and the prospects for peace in Asia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glosserman, Brad

Snyder, Scott A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Politische Ethnologie, Recht, Organisation, Identität

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface1. The Japan;South Korea Divide2. Japan's Identity Crisis3. South Korea's Growing Confidence4. Convergence and Alienation in Japan;South Korea Relations5. Implications for Alliance Management6. Reinvigorating TrilateralismNotesIndexAbout the Authors

Über Autor(innen)

Brad Glosserman is the executive director of Pacific Forum CSIS. Previously, he served on the editorial board of The Japan Times. His writing, commentary, and analysis on U.S. foreign policy and developments in Asia appear in publications around the world.

Scott A. Snyder is senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the Program on US;Korea Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. He writes regularly on issues in US;Korea relations and Northeast Asian politics and security for CFR's Asia Unbound blog and for Forbes.com.