Japan's aid policy since the cold war: rhetoric and reality

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Policy makers and aid scholars have debated heatedly over the motivations underlying Japan's aid program from the time that nation became a major foreign aid donor. The existing consensus in scholarly literature is that the Japanese government has replaced its self-interested aid strategy with a degree of leadership within the aid regime comparable to its economic contributions. An empirical analysis is made of Japanese aid during the 1980s and 1990s and the findings are placed within the context of two distinct scholarly discourses regarding Japanese aid.

Japan, Economic assistance, Foreign economic assistance, Technical assistance, Foreign technical assistance

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Russia and North Korea: an emerging, uneasy partnership

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Relations between the Soviet Union and North Korea have always been characterized by an absence of real mutual trust, although both countries subscribed to the same ideology. Relations improved during the 1980s but the Soviet Union's decision to send athletes to the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea incurred the ire of North Korea. As Russia seeks a more prominent role in Korean unification, it may need to project a more amicable attitude towards North Korea.

Russia, Russian foreign relations, North Korea, North Korean foreign relations, Communism, Communism and international relations

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Myth and reality in the discourse of Confucian capitalism in Korea

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The Asian phenomenon some scholars have described as "Confucian capitalism" is actually based on relatively superficial applications of theories developed by Max Weber. Although Weber's major points are relevant to the modern Korean economy, they must be reinterpreted in light of globalization.

Economic aspects, Criticism and interpretation, Capitalism, Korea, Weber, Max (German sociologist), Confucius (Chinese philosopher)

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