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Yonsei Journal of International Studies

Yonsei Journal of International Studies

A peer-reviewed, student-run academic journal of the Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University (ISSN: 2005-9809)

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    • Strategic Currents: Power, Trade, and Influence in a Multipolar World (Volume 16, Issue 2, Fall/Winter 2024)
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    • Crossroads: Law, Power, & Society (Volume 15, Issue 2, Fall/Winter 2023)
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Asia in the Age of the Pivot Volume 4, Issue 1 (Spring/Summer 2012)

  • Table of Contents
  • Letter from the Editor (Steven C. Denney, Pages 5-9)
  • Meet the Contributors (Author Biographies, Pages 12-15)

Papers

  • A Conspicuous Absence: Balance of Power Politics in East Asia and their Challenge to International Relations Theory (Benjamin S. Knight, Pages 19-42)
  • Institutionalizing East Asia: South Korea’s Regional Leadership as a Middle Power (Jose Guerra Vio, Pages 43-66)
  • A Critical View of Counterinsurgency: World Relational State (De)Formation (Brendan McQuade, Pages 67-90)
  • A Capability Approach to Street Vendors in Vietnam (Ly Nguyen, Pages 91-105)
  • The Subversive Strain in Modern Korean Film (Susan Menadue-Chun, Pages 107-117)

Essays

  • The Conditioning of Economic Development: Are Dependency and World Systems Theory Still Relevant? (Joel Campbell, Pages 121-129)
  • Nixon, Kissinger and Musical Diplomacy in the Opening of China, 1971-1973 (Adam Cathcart, Pages 131-139)

Interview

  • Asia in the Age of the Pivot: Understanding Asia in the 21st Century (Interview with Professor Chung-in Moon, Pages 143-155)

Reviews

  • Whose Century Shall It Be? (John J. Corrigan IV, Pages 159-162)
  • Strategic Distrust in the Age of China’s Rise (Steven C. Denney, Pages 163-167)
  • Eamonn Fingleton’s Lost Decade Debate (Brian Gleason, Pages 169-172)
  • North Korea and Information: On the Use of Undercover Reporting in North Korea Analysis (Joe Litt, Pages 173-176)
  • A World Politics Theory for the Twenty-First Century: Can Dictators Be Circumscribed of their Power? (So Hyun Jeon, Pages 177-179)
  • Challenging the Predominant Modes of Thought: Social States (Mark Olson, Pages 181-183)

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