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ID113185
Title ProperDomestic hurdles for system-driven behavior
Other Title Informationneoclassical realism and missile defense policies in Japan and South Korea
LanguageENG
AuthorYoo, Hyon Joo
Publication2012.
Summary / Abstract (Note)Since the 1990s, Japan and the Republic of Korea have chosen dissimilar policy options with respect to the US-led missile defense (MD) systems in East Asia. What explains the two countries' dissimilar MD strategies? Inspired by neoclassical realism, this study introduces a framework of domestic hurdles that combines Randall Schweller's cohesion model and Jeffry Taliaferro's resource extraction model. It sheds light on the degree of elite cohesion and social and economic impediments as key causal determinants that impede balancing against external threats. Although the influence of systemic variables that suppose optimal policy options, such as balancing, domestic hurdles impede or delay such options. This study will provide useful contributions to international relations by offering comparative and theoretical analyses on different paths that Tokyo and Seoul have chosen for their MD policies.
`In' analytical NoteInternational Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol. 12, No.2; 2012: p.317-348
Journal SourceInternational Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol. 12, No.2; 2012: p.317-348
Key WordsJapan ;  South Korea ;  Neoclassical Realism ;  Missile Defense Policies ;  East Asia


 
 
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