Apr 19,2018 Alternative Scenarios

Negative Scenario II

Jennifer Lind has sketched positive prospects for South Korean-Japanese relations and the history issue. She broadly finds that geopolitical pressures will overwhelm historical narratives of animosity or re-write them in such a way as to be useful for current geopolitical needs. This is a realist and instrumentalist approach to historical disputes. The substance of the […]

Robert Kelly

anti-Japanism , comfort women , Dokdo/Takeshima , Park Geun-hye

Feb 19,2018 Alternative Scenarios

Negative Scenario I

“Pathways for Renewed Historical Tension between Japan and South Korea” No issue so reliably sets Japan and South Korea against one another as “history”—a catch-all term for Japanese misbehavior in Korea during the colonial period. In 2018, the history issue could well re-emerge. The administration of President Moon Jae-in has, surprisingly, decided to not re-open […]

Robert Kelly

Professor of International Relations , Pusan National University , Robert Kelly