Call for papers to the 2 issue of 2021 EAST ASIA AT THE CROSSROADS OF COOPERATION AND RIVALRY AT THE REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS

The rise of new powers throughout the 2000s and the 2010s augurs the end of the unipolar system that has persisted since the end of the Cold War. In no region is this transition more compelling than in East Asia. Economic revitalization of this region and a steady redistribution of power related to it is a dynamic process characterized by intense changes in foreign policy strategies, practices, and orientations of China, Korea, and Japan.

The proposed special issue seeks to critically assess the emerging developments of China’s, Japan’s, and Korea’s core international perceptions and policies. More specifically, the special issue addresses two complex and interrelated questions:

· How do China, Korea, and Japan adapt to the changing international landscape?

· How do China, Korea, and Japan respond to the challenges inherent to the pursuit of the enhanced international status?

The articles aim at scrutinizing China’s cyber-sovereignty and policy on humanitarian assistance; exploring the strengths and limitations of South Korea’s public diplomacy; and examining Japan’s contributions to regionalism. The special issue also discusses Russia’s relations with East Asia and its role in regional politics.

GUEST EDITOR:

Anna Kuteleva is a postdoctoral research fellow at the School of International Regional Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (Russia). Anna holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Alberta (Canada) and an MA in World Politics from Shandong University (China). Over the last ten years, she has worked extensively in the realm of political science and Chinese studies. Her research is located in a broad constructivist tradition of IR and focuses on the nexus between politics and sociocultural contexts in international relations, with particular interests in energy politics, critical security and development studies, Russia, and China. Anna recently finished her first book that examines the development of bilateral energy relations between China and two oil-rich countries, Kazakhstan and Russia (Routledge, 2021).