Bulletin n. 3/2006
December 2006
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Scalapino Robert A.
    In Search of Peace and Stability in the Region Surrounding the Korean Peninsula—Challenges and Opportunities
    in American Foreign Policy Interests , Vol. 28, n. 5 / October ,  2006 ,  367-378
    This article presents a comprehensive analysis of the roles that major powers such as China, Japan, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Republic of Korea (ROK), Russia, and the United States play in Northeast Asia. It concentrates on the relationships that the powers maintain with one another as well as with other countries in Asia. As far as the United States is concerned, the analysis concludes that its relationship with China is complex; its relationship with Japan is the strongest in Northeast Asia; its relationship with the ROK is good despite an increasing incidence of anti-American sentiment among the population; its relationship with the DPRK has been frozen since the impasse in reconvening the six-party talks developed in response to North Korea's reaction to the U.S. imposition of economic sanctions for the counterfeiting of U.S. currency; and its relationship with Russia is less cordial and cooperative than it was when President Putin and President Bush first met. In identifying the three forces of internationalism, nationalism, and communalism that hold sway today throughout Northeast Asia, the analysis singles out nationalism as the most intense and concludes that bilateral relations rather than regional relations will be the dominant form of relationship in the area while nationalism is the superior force.
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