戦後北東アジアにおける歴史的分岐点のマルチアーカイブ分析
【研究キーワード】
Northeast Asia / International Relations / Conflict / Foreign Policy / Japan / China / Korea / Russia / United States / 国際関係 / 北東アジア / マルチアーカイブ / 分岐点 / 冷戦
【研究成果の概要】
On October 15-18, 2021 a workshop on “Japan and the Korean Peninsula in the Cold War” was sponsored by Kaken A and held at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies of Waseda University. Papers were prepared and presented by scholars from South Korea, the PRC and Japan, covering a range of topics concentrated in the second half of the Cold War.
Cross-archival research made possible the connection of various initiatives not usually studied together. During the detente era, the Nixon opening to China brought on a brief period of relaxation on the Korean peninsula, as well as Japan’s outreach to China. The end of the Vietnamese war brought an end to this hiatus as Kim Il Sung prepared to turn the tide agains the “imperialists” in Asia. A few years later, Carter’s plan to withdraw US troops from South Korea also had implications and connections to Japan. Finally, the shifts of perestroika revealed a fluid conjuncture where, in Northeast Asia, the Korean peninsula was the focal point of new relations and missed opportunities. But the promise of Seoul’s Nordpolitik was never fully met, since it produced an opening to the USSR, but not to North Korea, the ultimate objective.
A sponsored panel at the International Studies Association Convention went further to include analysis of all members of the incipient Quad, including India and Australia.
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