Project MUSE®: Asian Perspective - Latest Articles
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Project MUSE®: Latest articles in Asian Perspective.daily12024-11-24T00:00:00-05:00text/htmlen-USVol. 1 (1977) through current issueLatest Articles: Asian PerspectiveTWOProject MUSE®Asian Perspective2288-28710258-9184Latest articles in Asian Perspective. Feed provided by Project MUSE®Electric Vehicle Market: A New Arena for Cooperation between China and Gulf Cooperation Council States
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/944260
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The global transformation to EVs started to gain momentum in 2012 (see Figure 1), with 120,000 EVs sold worldwide (International Energy Agency 2022d). In 2022, the number of EVs purchased exceeded 7.8 million (an increase of 68 percent from the previous year), a 10 percent global market share in the automotive industry (Boston 2023). The growing popularity of EVs (which involve low running costs, less maintenance, and are highly eco-friendly) is not only driven by soaring gas prices worldwide but is also the result of government plans to promote green transportation options that minimize carbon emissions, with a meaningful impact on the fight against pollution and climate change (International Energy Agency
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2024-11-24T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/733/image/coversmallElectric Vehicle Market: A New Arena for Cooperation between China and Gulf Cooperation Council States2024-11-22text/htmlen-USElectric Vehicle Market: A New Arena for Cooperation between China and Gulf Cooperation Council States2024-11-222024TWOProject MUSE®1363732024-11-24T00:00:00-05:002024-11-22Living with the Global Hegemon: How the Chinese Public Views the United States
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/944261
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With China's rise, China-US relations have drawn unprecedented worldwide attention. Public and academic concerns regarding this issue have led to heated discussions regarding whether China and the United States are "destined to fall into a Thucydides's Trap" (Allison 2017). The two countries have various conflicts of interest economically, politically, and culturally (Heritage and Lee 2020; Mearsheimer 2001). The power transition theory captures structural changes in the status quo of power but overlooks the roles of ordinary people in world politics. The importance of perceptions and images has long been recognized in international relations (IR), and researchers believe that more attention should be paid to the
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2024-11-24T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/733/image/coversmallLiving with the Global Hegemon: How the Chinese Public Views the United States2024-11-22text/htmlen-USLiving with the Global Hegemon: How the Chinese Public Views the United States2024-11-222024TWOProject MUSE®1136232024-11-24T00:00:00-05:002024-11-22US-China Relations in Retrospect: Revisiting the Debate of Realists, Liberals, and Constructivists
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/944262
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At the turn of the millennium, there was an extensive debate in the West about China's rise. Scholars from different schools of thought heatedly debated whether and how a rising China may transform US-China relations and wider world politics. On the one hand, based on different arguments, optimists—including economic liberals, democratic peace liberals, institutional liberals, constructivists, and defensive realists—advanced an optimistic view that the relations between China and the United States would be constructive and peaceful. On the other hand, pessimists—including power transition realists and offensive realists—advanced a pessimistic view, arguing for a growing hostility between China and the United
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2024-11-24T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/733/image/coversmallUS-China Relations in Retrospect: Revisiting the Debate of Realists, Liberals, and Constructivists2024-11-22text/htmlen-USUS-China Relations in Retrospect: Revisiting the Debate of Realists, Liberals, and Constructivists2024-11-222024TWOProject MUSE®1063432024-11-24T00:00:00-05:002024-11-22Dualism in Vietnam-China Relations: Vietnam's Diplomatic Interactions with Chinese Envoys from the 10th to the 19th Century
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/944263
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Due to the diplomatic relations between states, Vietnam's conduct in its dealings with the Chinese envoy reflects the diplomatic conduct of the Vietnamese state in its interactions with the Chinese state. As a periphery of China-centered "tributary system" (Fairbank 1941, 1942, 1953, 1968; Teng 1941; Wills 1988; Fletcher 1968; Morris 1983; Di Cosmo 2003; Hunt 1984; Millward 1998; Zhang 2009), Vietnam1 is naturally influenced by Chinese culture, politics, and economy. In dealing with Chinese envoys, however, in addition to the usual flexible and humble attitude, Vietnam also constantly strives to establish for itself an independent and self-reliant defense posture. Specifically, how are Vietnam's diplomatic
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2024-11-24T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/733/image/coversmallDualism in Vietnam-China Relations: Vietnam's Diplomatic Interactions with Chinese Envoys from the 10th to the 19th Century2024-11-22text/htmlen-USDualism in Vietnam-China Relations: Vietnam's Diplomatic Interactions with Chinese Envoys from the 10th to the 19th Century2024-11-222024TWOProject MUSE®876752024-11-24T00:00:00-05:002024-11-22Role and Threat: An Assessment of Australia's South China Sea Policy Amid Great Power Rivalry
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/944264
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Escalating tensions among major powers in the Indo-Pacific region present complex decision-making challenges for regional countries. Some states, including Australia, have adjusted their policies to minimize risks and maximize interests in recent years. Aligning more closely with the United States to balance against China, Australia has garnered academic attention due to its middle-power status, entrenched alliance with the United States, and economic reliance on China, its largest trading partner for both goods and services (Schreer 2019; Wesley 2021; Chan 2020; Thomas 2015).Indeed, the 2021 Australia-United Kingdom-United States trilateral security pact (AUKUS) has crystallized Australia's recalibrated alignment
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2024-11-24T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/733/image/coversmallRole and Threat: An Assessment of Australia's South China Sea Policy Amid Great Power Rivalry2024-11-22text/htmlen-USRole and Threat: An Assessment of Australia's South China Sea Policy Amid Great Power Rivalry2024-11-222024TWOProject MUSE®1620082024-11-24T00:00:00-05:002024-11-22Why Change Prevails over Continuity? Critical Junctures, Motivations, Cognitions, and Temporals in Japanese Security Policy Tradition
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/944265
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The 'Japanese question' has long been a focal point in modern East Asian history, as Japan, before its complete defeat in 1945, acted as an inherently destabilizing force in East Asia. The underlying reason for Japan's disruptive role in the region was its "ambiguous identity," which was the source of a "chronic disease that has been prevalent throughout the modern age" (Oe 1995, 8). Indeed, Japan, torn between the West and Asia, portrayed itself as distinct from the rest of East Asia while simultaneously claiming to embody the essence of Asian values. This internal dissonance not only precipitated the rise of a "military dictatorship" accompanied by a "high degree of state-sponsored mobilization" within Japan
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2024-11-24T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/733/image/coversmallWhy Change Prevails over Continuity? Critical Junctures, Motivations, Cognitions, and Temporals in Japanese Security Policy Tradition2024-11-22text/htmlen-USWhy Change Prevails over Continuity? Critical Junctures, Motivations, Cognitions, and Temporals in Japanese Security Policy Tradition2024-11-222024TWOProject MUSE®985602024-11-24T00:00:00-05:002024-11-22Why Did Kim Jong-un Delete Unification? Issues and Implications of North Korea's Position on 'Hostile Relations Between Two States'
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/944266
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At the dawn of the new year in 2024, leader Kim Jong-un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) deleted 'unification strategy' from North Korea's national strategy and declared the pursuit of a policy toward South Korea (Republic of Korea, ROK) founded on the recognition of two states coexisting on the Korean peninsula. In other words, Kim decided to no longer consider South Korea as a counterpart for reconciliation and unification. His fundamental shift of policy toward South Korea is based on an aggressive perception of the current political situation, and has been decided at the mid- to long-term strategic level rather than the short-term tactical level. Since the failure of the
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2024-11-24T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/733/image/coversmallWhy Did Kim Jong-un Delete Unification? Issues and Implications of North Korea's Position on 'Hostile Relations Between Two States'2024-11-22text/htmlen-USWhy Did Kim Jong-un Delete Unification? Issues and Implications of North Korea's Position on 'Hostile Relations Between Two States'2024-11-222024TWOProject MUSE®926352024-11-24T00:00:00-05:002024-11-22