Korea at the Center: Dynamics of Regionalism in Northeast Asia : Dynamics of Regionalism in Northeast Asia

Illuminating the role of the Korean peninsula in three modern historical periods, this volume offers a fresh appraisal of Korea as the key to the coalescence of a broad, open Northeast Asian regionalism in the twenty-first century. Contents......Page 5 Preface......Page 7 Introduction......Page 9 Part I Competing Visions of Regional Order Late Nineteenth/Early Twentieth Centuries......Page 15 An Interconnected History......Page 23 The Tokugawa World Order and Korea......Page 25 Korea at the Center of Japanese Regional Strategic Thinking......Page 26 Conclusion......Page 31 2 Russian Views of Korea, China, and the Regional Order in Northeast Asia......Page 33 Russia and Asia......Page 34 An Unwelcome Immigrant......Page 35 Images and Foreign Policy......Page 36 Russian Views of Korea......Page 39 Russia’s Far Eastern Policy and Korea......Page 40 Korea as a Source of Immigration......Page 48 Conclusion......Page 51 Choosing a Civilization and a Race......Page 53 Defending Confucian Civilization......Page 54 Modernity, the New Civilization......Page 57 Japan to the Rescue......Page 60 Racial Harmony and Regional Cooperation......Page 64 My Nation, Civilized or Not......Page 65 Conclusion: A Lesson Too Well Learned......Page 67 4 Trade, Dependency, and Colonialism Foreign Trade and Korea’s Regional Integration, 1876–1910......Page 69 Pre–Open Port Period Trade......Page 70 Pusan: The “Natural” Treaty Port......Page 71 Wonsan: Gold-Driven Prosperity......Page 73 Inchon: Importer’s Prize......Page 77 Domestic and Regional Integration......Page 83 Colonial Consolidation......Page 86 Part II Competing Regional Orders Colonialism, the Cold War, and Their Legacies......Page 89 5 From Japanese Imperium to American Hegemony Korean-Centrism and the Transformation of the International System......Page 95 The Level of the World......Page 98 The Great Crescent and the Kennan Restoration......Page 100 South Korea’s Industrial Takeoff......Page 106 6 Japanese Colonial Infrastructure in Northeast Asia Realities, Fantasies, Legacies......Page 112 Prewar Japanese Infrastructure in Northeast Asia......Page 113 Reordering the Space of Northeast Asia......Page 119 Assessing Postcolonial Legacies......Page 125 Marxism-Leninism and the Layers of History......Page 130 Soviet Imperial Economy?......Page 132 Ultimate Technology Transfer?......Page 136 Dependency, Rivalry, Independence......Page 140 The Unraveling and the Legacies......Page 143 8 Japan’s Asian Regionalism and South Korea......Page 146 Japan’s Asian Regionalism: Historical Overview......Page 147 Japan’s Regional Security Policy and Implications for South Korea in the 1970s and 1980s......Page 149 Japan’s Economic Regionalism and South Korea......Page 155 Conclusion......Page 161 Part III Toward a Broad Regionalism?......Page 165 9 Regionalism in Northeast Asia Korea’s Return to Center Stage......Page 175 South Korea’s Place in Regionalism at the End of the Cold War......Page 177 South Korea’s Place in Decentralized Regionalism of the Early 1990s......Page 179 South Korea in Search of a Civilizational Path to Regionalism in the Mid-1990s......Page 180 South Korea in Great-Power Balancing in the Late 1990s......Page 182 The Sunshine Policy and Its Meaning in the Search for Regionalism, 1999–2000......Page 183 Northeast Asian Regionalism in the War Against Terror, 2001–2002......Page 184 From the Iraq War to the Nuclear Crisis and South Korea’s Aspirations......Page 185 A Snapshot of Korea-Centered Regionalism......Page 188 10 Inter-Korean Relations in Northeast Asian Geopolitics......Page 191 The Northeast Asian Geopolitical Environment, Old and New......Page 192 Back to the Future of Inter-Korean Cooperation......Page 193 The Shifting Identities, Roles, and Policies of the NEA-4......Page 195 Conclusion......Page 205 11 Japan’s Multilevel Approach Toward the Korean Peninsula After the Cold War......Page 207 South Korea as the Gateway to Regionalism?......Page 209 Toward a Breakthrough with North Korea?......Page 212 Conclusion......Page 222 12 Korea and China in Northeast Asia From Stable Bifurcation to Complicated Interdependence......Page 224 Sino-Korean Relations as Derivatives of Great-Power Dynamics......Page 225 Sino-Korean Relations as a Key Independent Variable......Page 230 The Two Koreas Between China and the United States......Page 234 Traditional Soviet Policies in Northeast Asia and Korea......Page 238 Gorbachev’s Strategy in the World and on the Korean Peninsula......Page 240 Initial Post-Soviet Russia’s Policies and Korea......Page 242 Factors of Change......Page 244 Korea’s Place in Putin’s International Strategy......Page 245 The Issue......Page 251 Environmental Regionalism in Northeast Asia......Page 252 Common Environmental Problems in Northeast Asia......Page 254 Progress and Prospects for Environmental Regime-Building in Northeast Asia......Page 257 Korea’s Role in Regional Environmental Cooperation......Page 261 Conclusion......Page 265 Transforming Global Cultural Landscapes: Changing Directions and Multiple Routes of Transnational Cultural Flows......Page 268 The Market, the State, and Globalization of the Media......Page 270 Modernity, Desire, and Nostalgia......Page 274 Historical, Political, and Cultural Legacies in East and Southeast Asia......Page 276 Implications of the Korean Wave......Page 278 Conclusion......Page 280 Epilogue Korea, Northeast Asia, and the Long Twentieth Century......Page 281 Notes......Page 287 About the Editors and Contributors......Page 333 Index......Page 337 List Of Tables, Maps, Photographs, And Illustrations -- Preface And Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Gilbert Rozman -- Part I. Competing Visions Of Regional Order: Late Nineteenth/early Twentieth Centuries -- 1. Korea In Japanese Visions Of Regional Order / Takashi Inoguchi -- 2. Russian Views Of Korea, China, And The Regional Order In Northeast Asia / Alexander Lukin -- 3. Civilization, Race, Or Nation? Korean Visions Of Regional Order In The Late Nineteenth Century / Hahm Chaibong -- 4. Trade, Dependency, And Colonialism: Foreign Trade And Korea's Regional Integration, 1876-1910 / Kirk W. Larsen -- Part Ii. Competing Regional Orders: Colonialism, The Cold War, And Their Legacies -- 5. Japanese Imperium: Korean-centrism And The Transformation Of The International System / Bruce Cumings -- 6. Japanese Colonial Infrastructure In Northeast Asia: Realities, Fantasies, Legacies / Daqing Yang -- 7. A Socialist Regional Order In Northeast Asia After World War / Stephen Kotkin And Charles K. Armstrong. 8. Japan's Asian Regionalism And South Korea / Chung-in Moon And Seung-won Suh -- Part Iii. Toward A Broad Regionalism? -- 9. Regionalism In Northeast Asia: Korea's Return To Center Stage / Gilbert Rozman -- 10. Inter-korean Relations In Northeast Asian Geopolitics / Samuel S. Kim -- 11. Japan's Multi-level Approach Toward The Korean Peninsula After The Cold War / Tsuneo Akaha -- 12. Korea And China In Northeast Asia, 1948-2002: From Stable Bifurcation To Complicated Interdependence / Jae Ho Chung -- 13. Korea In Russia's Post-cold War Regional Political Context / Evgeny P. Bazhanov -- 14. Environmental Regime-building In Northeast Asia: Korea's Pursuit Of Leadership / Shin-wha Lee -- 15. The Korean Wave: Transnational Cultural Flows In Northeast Asia / Jung-sun Park -- Epilogue: Korea, Northeast Asia, And The Long Twentieth Century / Charles K. Armstrong. Edited By Charles K. Armstrong ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 263-307) And Index. The common images of Korea view the peninsula as a long-standing battleground for outside powers and the Cold War's last divided state. But, Korea's location at the very center of Northeast Asia gives it a pivotal role in the economic integration of the region and the dynamic development of its more powerful neighbors. A great wave of economic expansion, driven first by the Japanese miracle and then by the ascent of China, has made South Korea - an economic powerhouse in its own right - the hub of the region once again, a natural corridor for railroads and energy pipelines linking Asiatic Russia to China and Japan. And, over the horizon, an opening of North Korea, with multilateral support, would add another major push toward regional integration. Illuminating the role of the Korean peninsula in three modern historical periods, the eminent international contributors to this volume offer a fresh and stimulating appraisal of Korea as the key to the coalescence of a broad, open Northeast Asian regionalism in the twenty-fifth century. Koreas location at the very center of Northeast Asia also gives it a pivotal role in the economic integration of the region and the dynamic development of its more powerful neighbors. This book offers an appraisal of Korea as the key to the coalescence of a broad, open Northeast Asian regionalism in the 21st century Illuminating the role of the Korean peninsula in three modern historical periods, the eminent international contributors to this volume offer a fresh and stimulating appraisal of Korea as the key to the coalescence of a broad, open Northeast Asian regionalism in the twenty-first century.