Tim Beal
Biographic Data
| ID | 247930 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tim Beal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tim |
| FAMILY NAME | Beal |
| SIGNATURE | BEAL T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victoria University of Wellington |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4931-8242 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Korean Linchpin
Tim Beal dives into the critical role that the Korean Peninsula plays in U.S. strategy for maintaining power in the Indo-Pacific. The United States, he concludes, has long used its position on the peninsula to advance U.S. interests in the Pacific theater, aiming its most recent efforts against the rise of China and Russia
Weaponizing Europe, Countering Eurasia
The Ukraine war is a proxy conflict whereby the US hopes to destroy Russia as a challenge to its hegemony. Although the kinetic war has, so far, been confined to Ukraine, Europe is also a key instrument in the American arsenal. However, Europe is also an objective of the war because it forms the western end of Eurasia. This great landmass, principally comprising China, Russia, and Europe, not merely challenges US political and military power, but…
Introduction to the New Edition of 'The Hidden History of the Korean War
First published in 1952, I. F. Stone's Hidden History of the Korean War was a stunning indictment of the U.S. war machine and the mass media's unquestioning acceptance of the government's deception. In their new introduction, Tim Beal and Gregory Elich explore Hidden History's continuing relevance to current events, including the rapidly escalating New Cold War
Imperialism’s Handmaidens
The Continuing Korean War in the Murderous History of Bombing
The Korean War, which broke out on June 25, 1950, can be considered the epicenter of bombing as an instrument of war. For one, it was the first—and, so far, the last—time since 1945 that the United States seriously considered using atomic weapons during the course of an imperial war. It was the first war that the United States did not win. It ended in a stalemate—an armistice—that continues until today. Kinetic fighting was suspended, but the war…
In Line of Fire
The war against fascism was transformed into the Cold War. U.S. imperialism, subdued somewhat by post-First World War isolationism, came into full flower. Washington implemented this sea change in many ways, including the division of the Korean Peninsula
US Imperialism, the Korean Peninsula and Trumpian Disruption
Donald Trump has disrupted US imperialism and fractured the cultural hegemony of the foreign policy elite. His incompetence has produced Russiagate and Ukrainegate as the establishment attempts to remove him from office fearful that he will further diminish American power. He essentially continues US policy but in an incoherent and disjointed fashion. His use of military, economic and financial power is relatively conventional but his deployment …
The Angler and the Octopus
Ever since the United States divided the Korean peninsula in 1945, North Korea has had to cope with the existential challenge of U.S. hostility. Korea marks the western boundary of the empire, a border area where the sea power of the United States adjoins the land power of Russia and China. North Korea has been able to utilize this liminality to create a sovereign state—the Democratic People's Republic of Korea—whose independence is not welcomed …
China, New Zealand, and the Complexities of Globalization
The book examines the expansion of investment and trade between China and New Zealand, and its changing composition within the political framework, especially the 2008 Free Trade Agreement. Particular attention is paid to Chinaâ s volatile agrifood market, where New Zealand dairy products play an important role for both countries. The New Zealand-China economic relationship â asymmetrical and complementary, but with increasing competition from do…
A Korean Tragedy
Moon Jae-in's failure to challenge South Korea's servile relationship to the United States has condemned his presidency to impotence. As the 'August Crisis' unfolds the South Korean president has little influence over the situation. He is spurned by Pyongyang, has no traction in Beijing or Tokyo, and is taken for granted in Washington
The Korean Peninsula within the Framework of US Global Hegemony
On 8 July 2016 it was announced in Seoul that the US would, as had long been anticipated, deploy an initial unit of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea. The announcement was made at a press conference hosted by the South Korean Deputy Minister of Defense Ryu Je-seung and the Chief of Staff of US Forces in Korea (USFK) who has the significant, if unfortunate, name of General Vandal. The decision did not attract mu…
Theatre of War and Prospects for Peace on the Korean Peninsula on the Anniversary of the Yeonpyeong Incident
23rd November 2011 was the first anniversary of the artillery exchange between the two Koreas around the island of Yeonpyeong off the west coast of Korea. The artillery battle in 2010 was the first such since the Korean War armistice and brought the peninsula to a state of heightened tension. With the Lee Myungbak administration mulling an invasion of the North in the event of a collapse of the DPRK, a local conflict could easily explode into war…
Korean Brinkmanship, American Provocation, and the Road to War
The exchange of artillery fire between South and North Korea on 23 November, 2010 had predictable results - a great increase of tension on the peninsula, a show of force by the United States, and a torrent of uninformed media articles and pontificating from the security industry. Zbigniew Brzezinski, who as Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor armed the Mujahideen in order to draw the Soviet Union into Afghanistan, thereby starting that long …
On the Brink. Prospects for US-DPRK Settlement Dim Again
Every time it looks as if US-DPRK negotiations are on the verge of a breakthrough someone in Washington throws a spanner in the works. This is what happened in 2005 as the Chinese were forcing through the Joint Statement of 19 September which seemed to put the negotiations, under the aegis of the Six Party Talks, on a course for a successful resolution. The US Treasury designated the Macau bank used by North Korean entities (and British companies…
The Road to Peace in Northeast Asia - Prospects and Pitfalls
The shutdown of the DPRK plutonium reactor, the New York Times noted angrily recently, shows that 'real nonproliferation diplomacy can produce real results' as long as it is stripped of 'empty, ideological posturing'. The target of the Times' fulminations was not, as is usually the case, and as it will probably be again tomorrow, the government in Pyongyang, but that in Washington. Tearing up the agreement it had inherited from the Clinton admini…
North Korea's Nuclear Test-Bush's Godchild
The nuclear test by the DPRK has led to a predictable deluge of hype and hypocrisy, amidst a dearth of informed and sensible comment. Politicians, and journalists, have reveled in the situation. North Korea is a convenient whipping boy, with few friends. It tends to be excoriated across the political spectrum. Since it is a small country targeted by the world's superpower, which, though hemorrhaging and perhaps in relative decline, still possesse…
Multilayered confrontation In East Asia
Multilayered confrontation In East Asia
Weaponizing Europe, Countering Eurasia
The Ukraine war is a proxy conflict whereby the US hopes to destroy Russia as a challenge to its hegemony. Although the kinetic war has, so far, been confined to Ukraine, Europe is also a key instrument in the American arsenal. However, Europe is also an objective of the war because it forms the western end of Eurasia. This great landmass, principally comprising China, Russia, and Europe, not merely challenges US political and military power, but…
Multilayered confrontation In East Asia
North Korea's Nuclear Test-Bush's Godchild
The nuclear test by the DPRK has led to a predictable deluge of hype and hypocrisy, amidst a dearth of informed and sensible comment. Politicians, and journalists, have reveled in the situation. North Korea is a convenient whipping boy, with few friends. It tends to be excoriated across the political spectrum. Since it is a small country targeted by the world's superpower, which, though hemorrhaging and perhaps in relative decline, still possesse…
The Road to Peace in Northeast Asia - Prospects and Pitfalls
The shutdown of the DPRK plutonium reactor, the New York Times noted angrily recently, shows that 'real nonproliferation diplomacy can produce real results' as long as it is stripped of 'empty, ideological posturing'. The target of the Times' fulminations was not, as is usually the case, and as it will probably be again tomorrow, the government in Pyongyang, but that in Washington. Tearing up the agreement it had inherited from the Clinton admini…
On the Brink. Prospects for US-DPRK Settlement Dim Again
Every time it looks as if US-DPRK negotiations are on the verge of a breakthrough someone in Washington throws a spanner in the works. This is what happened in 2005 as the Chinese were forcing through the Joint Statement of 19 September which seemed to put the negotiations, under the aegis of the Six Party Talks, on a course for a successful resolution. The US Treasury designated the Macau bank used by North Korean entities (and British companies…
Korean Brinkmanship, American Provocation, and the Road to War
The exchange of artillery fire between South and North Korea on 23 November, 2010 had predictable results - a great increase of tension on the peninsula, a show of force by the United States, and a torrent of uninformed media articles and pontificating from the security industry. Zbigniew Brzezinski, who as Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor armed the Mujahideen in order to draw the Soviet Union into Afghanistan, thereby starting that long …
Theatre of War and Prospects for Peace on the Korean Peninsula on the Anniversary of the Yeonpyeong Incident
23rd November 2011 was the first anniversary of the artillery exchange between the two Koreas around the island of Yeonpyeong off the west coast of Korea. The artillery battle in 2010 was the first such since the Korean War armistice and brought the peninsula to a state of heightened tension. With the Lee Myungbak administration mulling an invasion of the North in the event of a collapse of the DPRK, a local conflict could easily explode into war…
The Korean Peninsula within the Framework of US Global Hegemony
On 8 July 2016 it was announced in Seoul that the US would, as had long been anticipated, deploy an initial unit of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea. The announcement was made at a press conference hosted by the South Korean Deputy Minister of Defense Ryu Je-seung and the Chief of Staff of US Forces in Korea (USFK) who has the significant, if unfortunate, name of General Vandal. The decision did not attract mu…
China, New Zealand, and the Complexities of Globalization
The book examines the expansion of investment and trade between China and New Zealand, and its changing composition within the political framework, especially the 2008 Free Trade Agreement. Particular attention is paid to Chinaâ s volatile agrifood market, where New Zealand dairy products play an important role for both countries. The New Zealand-China economic relationship â asymmetrical and complementary, but with increasing competition from do…
A Korean Tragedy
Moon Jae-in's failure to challenge South Korea's servile relationship to the United States has condemned his presidency to impotence. As the 'August Crisis' unfolds the South Korean president has little influence over the situation. He is spurned by Pyongyang, has no traction in Beijing or Tokyo, and is taken for granted in Washington
The Angler and the Octopus
Ever since the United States divided the Korean peninsula in 1945, North Korea has had to cope with the existential challenge of U.S. hostility. Korea marks the western boundary of the empire, a border area where the sea power of the United States adjoins the land power of Russia and China. North Korea has been able to utilize this liminality to create a sovereign state—the Democratic People's Republic of Korea—whose independence is not welcomed …
US Imperialism, the Korean Peninsula and Trumpian Disruption
Donald Trump has disrupted US imperialism and fractured the cultural hegemony of the foreign policy elite. His incompetence has produced Russiagate and Ukrainegate as the establishment attempts to remove him from office fearful that he will further diminish American power. He essentially continues US policy but in an incoherent and disjointed fashion. His use of military, economic and financial power is relatively conventional but his deployment …
The Continuing Korean War in the Murderous History of Bombing
The Korean War, which broke out on June 25, 1950, can be considered the epicenter of bombing as an instrument of war. For one, it was the first—and, so far, the last—time since 1945 that the United States seriously considered using atomic weapons during the course of an imperial war. It was the first war that the United States did not win. It ended in a stalemate—an armistice—that continues until today. Kinetic fighting was suspended, but the war…
In Line of Fire
The war against fascism was transformed into the Cold War. U.S. imperialism, subdued somewhat by post-First World War isolationism, came into full flower. Washington implemented this sea change in many ways, including the division of the Korean Peninsula
Imperialism’s Handmaidens
Weaponizing Europe, Countering Eurasia
The Ukraine war is a proxy conflict whereby the US hopes to destroy Russia as a challenge to its hegemony. Although the kinetic war has, so far, been confined to Ukraine, Europe is also a key instrument in the American arsenal. However, Europe is also an objective of the war because it forms the western end of Eurasia. This great landmass, principally comprising China, Russia, and Europe, not merely challenges US political and military power, but…
Introduction to the New Edition of 'The Hidden History of the Korean War
First published in 1952, I. F. Stone's Hidden History of the Korean War was a stunning indictment of the U.S. war machine and the mass media's unquestioning acceptance of the government's deception. In their new introduction, Tim Beal and Gregory Elich explore Hidden History's continuing relevance to current events, including the rapidly escalating New Cold War
The Korean Linchpin
Tim Beal dives into the critical role that the Korean Peninsula plays in U.S. strategy for maintaining power in the Indo-Pacific. The United States, he concludes, has long used its position on the peninsula to advance U.S. interests in the Pacific theater, aiming its most recent efforts against the rise of China and Russia
Political science (17 works) · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies (11 works) · History (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Geography (9 works) · China (7 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works)