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- Title
The Dokdo/Takeshima Dispute between Korea and Japan: Understanding the Whole Picture.
- Authors
Cho, Jinman; Kim, HeeMin; Choi, Jun Young
- Abstract
In the past, most studies on territorial disputes have been in the discipline of history and international law. In this paper, we expand the debate by adopting a utility-theory approach to the issue of Dokdo/Takeshima. We introduce two different types of utility functions over the disputed islet, and show how moving from one to the other can alter the outcome of the dispute. We conclude that: (i) utilizing historical and/or legal argument alone will not resolve the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute; (ii) the different mixture of two different types of utilities changes the outcome of the debate; and (iii) the current configuration of preferences/utilities among Koreans and Japanese over the issue of Dokdo/Takeshima will never allow mutually satisfactory negotiated solutions to the dispute. Overall our diagnosis and predictions are pessimistic.
- Subjects
JAPAN; SOUTH Korea; BOUNDARY disputes; ISLANDS; INTERNATIONAL relations
- Publication
Pacific Focus, 2009, Vol 24, Issue 3, p365
- ISSN
1225-4657
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1976-5118.2009.01030.x