SOURCES OF FOREIGN POLICY

                                IN EAST ASIA

 

•                   History

•                   nationalism: anti-foreignism, anti-imperialism, self-centeredness, national pride (sensitivity, vulnerability)

•                   forced openings

•                   ambivalence toward “the West”

•                   dependence and the Marxist alternative

•                   revolution

•                   unresolved grievances

 

•                   Geography

 

•                   Cold War politics

 

•                   Status consciousness

 

•                   Domestic political institutions and culture

 

•                   Development/Modernization