Asia Policy 13 (January 2012)

Topics in this issue include the "Beijing consensus" approach to development; implications of Korean political engagement for relations between Korea and the United States; the impact of democratization on Indonesian foreign policy; Taiwan-Japan relations; identity as a factor complicating U.S.-China relations; and a recent book by Jonathan Pollack on North Korean nuclear weapons.

Table of Contents

Special Essay
Is the “Beijing Consensus” Now Dominant?
John Williamson

Roundtables
Korean Political Engagement and U.S.-Korea Relations
Katherine H.S. Moon, Taeku Lee and Yoonhee Kang

Articles
Democratization and Indonesian Foreign Policy: Implications for the United States
Ann Marie Murphy

Incompatible Partners: The Role of Identity and Self-Image in the Sino-U.S. Relationship
Lyle Morris

Taiwan-Japan Relations in an Era of Uncertainty
Thomas S. Wilkins

Book Review Roundtable
Jonathan Pollack's No Exit: North Korea, Nuclear Weapons and International Security
Toby Dalton, Jeffrey Lewis, Sue Terry, Sung-Yoon Lee and Jonathan D. Pollack

Kims, Kims, and Nothing But the Kims
Toby Dalton

Huis Clos: The Limits of Understanding North Korean Decisionmaking
Jeffrey Lewis

No More Illusions of Denuclearization
Sue Terry

Build It, and They Will Recompense: North Korea’s Nuclear Strategy
Sung-Yoon Lee

The Kim Dynasty and North Korea’s Nuclear Future: Will History Still Rhyme?
Jonathan D. Pollack