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- Title
The Rational Origin of Irrational Instability: Rising American Populism and its Political Ramification in Northeast Asia.
- Authors
KIM, Sunil
- Abstract
This study discusses the rise of populism in the United States and its political ramification in the Northeast Asian region, surrounding the recent North Korean nuclear crisis. Rather than simply blaming the irrational behaviours of political leaders, this study argues that their different political preferences originating from their background as well as the demographic nature of their core constituency are the fundamental sources of instability in the region. Unlike the conventional understanding, this study claims that the key problem that has been driving countries in the region towards the nuclear debacle—as well as the sudden volte-face—is US political leader's very rationality, unbounded by ideological or partisan traditions, rather than his irrational, or oft-regarded as deranged, personality.
- Subjects
POPULISM; KIM, Jong-un, 1984-; NUCLEAR-weapon-free zones; INTERNATIONAL relations; POLITICIANS
- Publication
East Asian Policy, 2018, Vol 10, Issue 3, p19
- ISSN
1793-9305
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S1793930518000247