When: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 - 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Where: 
104 Kirby Hall of Civil Rights
Presenter: 
Seo-Hyun Park, Associate Professor of Government and Law
Price: 
Free

"Will History Repeat Itself? East Asian Security Crises and the Long Shadow of the Late Nineteenth Century"

In East Asia, historical tensions or conflicts have notably influenced foreign policy outcomes in a number of issue areas, including state apologies, territorial disputes, norms on use of force, and regional institution-building. But given that there are multiple historical “lessons” that inform contemporary foreign policy debates, it is important to ask which historical legacies matter in what context and what kinds of impact they have on regional security. Existing studies have often assumed that the post-1945 American occupation of Japan and South Korea or the end of the Cold War were crucial turning points in the regional order. This talk will demonstrate the value of studying East Asian international relations through an alternative benchmark, the late nineteenth century, and how the transformations during this period inform contemporary regional and global security issues, such as the rise of China, North Korea’s quest for nuclear weapons, and the future of U.S. alliances.

 

Sponsored by: 
Office of the Provost

Contact information

Name: 
Nancy Williams
Phone: 
610-330-5066