MAJOR ISSUES IN ASIA PACIFIC

· CHINA

—FROM MAJOR ECONOMY TO GREAT POWER?

—IMPACT OF ECONOMIC REFORMS AND POLITICAL CHANGES ON INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK.

—MILITARY AMBITIONS VS. CAPABILITIES.

—CHANGING RELATIONS WITH U.S. AND RUSSIA SINCE END OF STRATEGIC TRIANGLE.

—REGIONALISM AND REGIONALIZATION: GREATER CHINA.

—ECONOMICS VS. POLITICS: RELATIONS WITH JAPAN AND KOREA.

· JAPAN

—IN SEARCH OF A FOREIGN POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL “CONTRIBUTION”

—JAPAN INC.?

—EVOLUTION OF JAPAN-U.S. RELATIONS.

—RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN RELATIONS WITH THE U.S. AND EAST ASIA NEIGHBORS.

—FLYING GEESE: JAPAN’S ROLE IN ASIA PACIFIC REGIONALISM AND DEVELOPMENT.

· KOREA

—POLITICS OF A DIVIDED COUNTRY: THE NATIONAL-SECURITY STATE.

—EXPORT-LED DEVELOPMENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.

—ALLIANCE POLITICS IN THE TWO KOREAS.

—A NEW ERA UNDER KIM DAE JUNG?

· THE REGION

—FEATURES OF ASIA PACIFIC REGIONALISM: “ASEAN WAY”

—REGIONALIZATION: GROWTH TRIANGLES

—ASIA PACIFIC?

—THE SECURITY PICTURE: MYTHS AND REALITIES