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123029
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In this article we aim to illustrate both the progress and the stalemates of the US and Japanese strategies to fortify the Okinawan Islands as a bulwark against China. As a conceptual tool to analyze the accommodation and resistance of militarization, we use the notion of a complex interplay of state, market, and societal actors, which showcases the process of mediating and recalibrating risks perceived by policymakers in Tokyo in response to the rise of China. In this process, risk has been shifted to individual stakeholders within society. We argue that the full-scale fortification of the Okinawan Islands will be hard to achieve because of the resistance of local residents and anti-base activists, as well as China's military and commercial strategies to circumvent any form of blockade.
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123027
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Scholars who believe that democratic leadership varies depending on culture often argue that because of the legacy of Confucian culture, East Asia favors directive leadership. However, based on our case study of South Korea during the Roh Moo-hyun presidency (2003-2008), we argue that democratic leadership varies depending on the political situation, regardless of the society's given cultural traditions. In a society, what we call "appropriate leadership" has more to do with political rather than cultural factors.
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123026
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2013.
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In this article I seek to improve the dominant neorealist analysis of China's rise. I offer a neoclassical realist analytical framework in order to identify the influence of certain Chinese domestic developments and priorities on Chinese foreign and security policy behavior. Rather than reflecting a more self-confident and aggressive China, developments in Chinese foreign and security policy in recent years reveal an internally conflicted, inward-looking, and reactive China not yet ready for its new international role. Beijing is uncertain how to manage the challenges and the inevitable tension, both domestically and internationally, arising from China's rapid development.
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123024
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2013.
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In this article we examine the role of microblogging in the ongoing process of social change in China, focusing on its impacts on the formation of civil society and the public sphere. We identify several important features of Chinese microblogging, including an antiauthoritarian stance, opinion leaders, and organized campaigns. Theoretically, these features reflect two major social processes that are simultaneously taking place in China today: modernization and globalization. Through microblogging, these processes influence each other to achieve three possible consequences of social change: fragmentation, development of civil society and the public sphere, and networked violence. Our analysis indicates the failure of civil society and the public sphere to develop as well as the rise of networked violence.
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123025
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2013.
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In this article I analyze through in-depth interviews and surveys Chinese intellectuals' opinions on the necessity, direction, timing, and method of democratization. I examine how Chinese intellectuals in China's two main cities perceive democracy and what direction the development of democracy is taking in China.
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123028
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2013.
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In this article I consider the links between foreign aid and policy transformations in aid-receiving countries, with a particular reference to the South Korean modernization process. The main analytical points concern not only how to identify foreign aid policy affecting Korea's modernization projects in the period of state building but also how to interpret the role of local partners in dealing with international aid transfers. I assert that policy transfers in the aid industry cannot be successfully completed without the consideration of policy takers' reflective translation of foreign aid in the local contexts. The Korean experience presents a proactive pattern of policy translation (reflecting local autonomy in dealing with foreign aid), rather than policy transfer (reflecting the implantation of donor-driven aid projects), by situating international policies in the local context with strong ownership and commitment. Indeed, the substantive path of policy transfers is viewed as a social construct that reflects local partners' strategic interests and development planning.
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