Korea and the Asia-Pacific region

Abstract

Contents: Asian nations' bandwagon / David Kang -- Changing order in Northeast Asia and prospects for U.S.-Japan-China-Korea relations / Robert A. Scalapino -- Restructuring U.S.-Korea relations and the U.S. East Asia strategy for the twenty-first century / William T. Pendley -- Korean question in post-cold war East Asia / Hong Yung Lee -- U.S.-Korea relations in a changing Northeast Asia / Choon Nam Kim -- Understanding the Asian financial crisis / Wing Thye Woo -- Recovering from crises: lessons from Mexico / Anne Krueger, Aaron Tornell -- Aftermath of the Asian financial crisis for South Korea / Lawrence B. Krause -- Corporate restructuring in Korea: a long way to go / Chong-Kook Park -- Institutional foundation for South Korea's economic development / Chung H. Lee -- Janus-faced democratization in South Korea / Seoung-Ho Lim -- Dynamics of democratization in Korea / Doh Chull Shin -- Inefficiency of North Korea's economic system / Sungwoo Kim -- Economic integration and cooperation on the Korean peninsula / Marcus Noland -- Japan at the crossroads / Gerald L. Curtis -- Corruption and public trust: perspectives on Japan and East Asia / Susan J. Pharr -- Role of China in East Asia / Richard L. Walker -- Trade relations of Korea and Japan: moving from conflict to cooperation / William E. James -- Financing Northeast Asia's infrastructure requirements: is a new development bank needed? / S. Stanley Katz.