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Asia Policy 5 (January 2008)

ISSN 1559-0968 | PDF - $19.95

The fifth issue of NBR’s journal Asia Policy features two roundtables: “What If? A World without the U.S.-ROK Alliance” and “Islam in Japan.” The issue includes two essays on oil in Asia and one on China’s submarine rescue efforts. Also featured is a book review roundtable on Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland’s Famine in North Korea.

Table of Contents

Roundtables
What If? A World without the U.S.-ROK Alliance
Nicholas N. Eberstadt, Aaron L. Friedberg, Geun Lee, S. Enders Wimbush, David C. Kang and Scott Snyder

Islam in Japan: A Cause for Concern?
Emile A. Nakhleh, Keiko Sakurai and Michael Penn

Articles
Northeast Asia’s Kovykta Conundrum: A Decade of Promise and Peril
Se Hyun Ahn and Michael T. Jones

The Roots of Chinese Oil Investment Abroad
Trevor Houser

International Submarine Rescue: A Constructive Role for China?
Lyle Goldstein and William Murray

Book Review Roundtables
Stephan Haggard & Marcus Noland's Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform
Edward P. Reed, Chung Min Lee, Andrei Lankov, Hazel Smith, Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland

The Pacific Health Summit connects science, industry, and policy for a healthier world.
The John M. Shalikashvili Chair in National Security Studies advances the study of national security issues and U.S. interests in Asia.
The Kenneth B. and Anne H.H. Pyle Center for Northeast Asian Studies studies the affairs of the region.