Between balancing and bandwagoning: South Korea's response to China

Journal of East Asian Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-28

  Kang, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Balance of power; China; Korea; US alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950729230     PISSN: 15982408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1598240800002794     Document Type: Article

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