高等研究所 訪問研究員 セミナー: ” Great Power Competition and the Korean Peninsula” (5/20)
要旨/Abstract
Why did the flurry of summitry in the Trump years to denuclearize North Korea fall short? What is the crux of the Korean security problem? To understand peninsular security, I argue that a more holistic approach is warranted to unpack and piece together the many crosscutting and overlapping security dynamics in a cogent and coherent manner. In this article, I first argue that the Korean Peninsula should be understood as a security system writ large, comprising the United States, China, and the two Koreas as indispensable players ¬in all major issues pertaining to peninsular security. The second section introduces complex systems theory as an analytical approach that injects more sophistication and dynamic into the otherwise overly structural analysis typical of the field. The third and fourth sections reconstruct the unfolding of major events in terms of a positive feedback loop—namely, how great power realpolitik and North Korea’s provocations converged and ricocheted to cause the crisis in 2017, as well as a negative feedback loop in which triangular interactions both facilitated and obstructed US–North Korea wrangling. The conclusion offers some preliminary assessments of how things might play out in the future.
講演者/Speaker
YANG, Xiangfeng (Associate Professor, Department of Government & International Affairs, Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR)
日時/Date&Time
5月20日（水） 14:30–16:00 / May 20, 2026 (Wed.) 14:30 – 16:00
開催場所/Venue
早稲田大学 早稲田キャンパス 19号館 315教室/ Room #315, Building #19, Waseda Campus, Waseda University
対象/Prospected Audience
学生・研究者・教職員・一般 /Students, Graduate students, Faculty members, Research members, General Participants
言語/Language
英語/English
主催/Organizer
早稲田大学高等研究所 / Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS)
企画：田中孝彦（政治経済学術院 教授）
参加方法/Registration
事前登録不要/Pre-registration not required.
