Joel Atkinson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3869862 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joel Atkinson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joel |
| FAMILY NAME | Atkinson |
| SIGNATURE | ATKINSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hankuk University of Foreign Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6728-9668 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
South Korea's THAAD Decision at the Domestic–International Nexus
South Korean President Park Geun‐hye's 2016 decision to authorize the deployment of the U.S. Forces Korea THAAD system—and Beijing's subsequent economic and diplomatic coercion—marked a decisive inflection point in Seoul's China policy. This article analyzes how both South Korea's progressive and conservative coalitions revised their expectations regarding China and domestic public opinion through the protracted episode. The result has been a bip…
Hindsight is AN/TPY-2
Outsourcing anti-dependency
Brazil partnered with China to foster industrial and technological progress, and to increase autonomy and prestige. The outcome, however, has been de-industrialisation and increased dependency. Nevertheless, the perception persists that Brazil is rising alongside China towards a post-hegemonic, multipolar world. We argue this can be understood through the deep-rooted embedded-autonomy narrative that shapes Brazil’s approach to the world. This pos…
What motivates South Korean Official Development Assistance
Official Development Assistance (ODA) is defined by a motive: the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries. This review article considers the motives of one donor, South Korea, with a close reading and comparison of three authoritative texts. It argues that Korean ODA is primarily motivated by increasing status and influence, and supporting the overseas expansion of Korean companies. There is also a contribution f…
Rich Nation, Liberal International
Characterizations of foreign aid donors neglect the overarching importance of ideas in determining policy. This article explores Japan’s ideological criteria for foreign aid decision-making, differentiated both between goals and the instruments to achieve them, as well as between ideas in the specific foreground and the general background. Japan continues to operate with a recognizable postwar ideology, which synthesized aspects of an earlier mil…
Aid vs. “Aid”
Historicising Chinese foreign‐aid thinking has become indispensable given China's increasing global role. This article examines a key aspect of this context: the Great Leap Forward and the emerging Sino‐Soviet split period (1958‐1961). The Peking Review is utilised as a window into official aid‐related discourses of the time. The article is organized around an aid vs. “aid” rhetorical and conceptual symmetry within the magazine. Aid is ultimately…
Human Security as an Instrument of (Traditional) Comprehensive Security in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan
Japan, South Korea and Taiwan inhabit an insecure world, both objectively and in terms of how threats are perceived through historically shaped beliefs.A similar conceptualisation of "comprehensive security" forms an intellectual basis for foreign policy in all three countries.In addition to maintaining armed forces, threats are met through strengthening the national economy, and attempts to influence other states and enhance national prestige.Ac…
Comparing Taiwan's foreign aid to Japan, South Korea and DAC
Taiwan has been all but left out of comparative studies of foreign aid donors. This article places Taiwan's aid program in context, through a comparison with its East Asian neighbors – Japan and Korea – and the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors as group. It finds that while Taiwan differs from Japan and Korea in key respects, there are also notable similarities between the three in relation to other DAC donors
Development Assistance and Geopolitics in Australia-China-Taiwan Relations
Aid in Taiwan's foreign policy
Taiwan's foreign aid policy is largely a response to its China-imposed international isolation. Taiwan provides aid without stringent accountability conditions to countries in Africa, the Americas, and the South Pacific in order to maintain official diplomatic relations in the face of Chinese opposition. Often at odds with this is Taiwan's interest in seeking western support through being seen as a responsible aid donor. Domestic political constr…
Australia and Taiwan
Australian Support for an Independent Taiwan Prior to the Recognition of the People's Republic of China
Australia's efforts between 1950 and 1972 to create an independent Taiwan are an important, largely overlooked element of Australia and Taiwan's international relations. Australia saw de jure independence for Taiwan as a means to support the US while pursuing the interrelated goals of accommodating the People's Republic of China (PRC) and minimising contradictions between US China policy and the policies of the UK and other countries important to…
China–Taiwan diplomatic competition and the Pacific Islands
China and Taiwan have become important actors in South Pacific affairs due to their diplomatic rivalry. Securing the diplomatic recognition of the Pacific Islands countries is expensive for China and Taiwan. There are limits to what the rivals are willing to spend, and they attempt to reduce costs. This dynamic shapes how Taiwan and China engage Pacific Islands politicians. It also motivates their high level official visits to the region, and how…
Big Trouble in Little Chinatown
South Pacific has emerged as a source of contention between two key Asia-Pacific middle powers, Australia and Taiwan. Taiwan 's effort to maintain and expand the list of countries with which it has formal diplomatic relations, in the face of hostility from China, has clashed with Australia's governance reform agenda for the Pacific Islands. This conflict is particularly acute in Solomon Islands, which has longstanding ties with Taiwan and a close…
Vanuatu in Australia–China–Taiwan relations
Vanuatu became a major issue in Australia–China–Taiwan relations during Serge Vohor's turbulent prime ministership in 2004. Already engaged in a struggle with Australia over ‘good governance’, Vohor signed an agreement diplomatically recognising Taiwan. Chinese and Australian pressure led to Vohor's ouster, and a diplomatic setback for Taiwan. Although Australia and Taiwan viewed each other as side issues in this episode, with Australia focused o…
Curbing the Comedians
There is a tendency to prune the record of restrictions on the freedom of thought and expression in fifth-century Athens. K. J. Dover has demonstrated that many of the stories of attacks on intellectuals rest on little more than flimsy speculation. Similarly there has been a reluctance to accept the historicity of the several restrictions on comedy recorded by scholiasts. Thus, for example, H. B. Mattingly has expressed doubts about Morychides' d…
Persia and the Greeks
The Greek Way of Death
A Commentary on Q. Curtius Rufus’ Historiae Alexandri Magni
Atkinson, J.E. A Commentary on Q. Curtius Rufus' Historiae Alexandri Magni. Books 3 and 4. 1980 Curtius Rufus' Historiae Alexandri is one of the major sources for the record of Alexan-der the Great as military commander, empire builder, administrator and political boss. This commentary covers the first two extant books, which include the battles of Issus and Gaugamela, the sieges of Tyre and Gaza, Alexander's invasion of Egypt and his visit to th…
China–Taiwan diplomatic competition and the Pacific Islands
China and Taiwan have become important actors in South Pacific affairs due to their diplomatic rivalry. Securing the diplomatic recognition of the Pacific Islands countries is expensive for China and Taiwan. There are limits to what the rivals are willing to spend, and they attempt to reduce costs. This dynamic shapes how Taiwan and China engage Pacific Islands politicians. It also motivates their high level official visits to the region, and how…
Curbing the Comedians
There is a tendency to prune the record of restrictions on the freedom of thought and expression in fifth-century Athens. K. J. Dover has demonstrated that many of the stories of attacks on intellectuals rest on little more than flimsy speculation. Similarly there has been a reluctance to accept the historicity of the several restrictions on comedy recorded by scholiasts. Thus, for example, H. B. Mattingly has expressed doubts about Morychides' d…
A Commentary on Q. Curtius Rufus’ Historiae Alexandri Magni
Atkinson, J.E. A Commentary on Q. Curtius Rufus' Historiae Alexandri Magni. Books 3 and 4. 1980 Curtius Rufus' Historiae Alexandri is one of the major sources for the record of Alexan-der the Great as military commander, empire builder, administrator and political boss. This commentary covers the first two extant books, which include the battles of Issus and Gaugamela, the sieges of Tyre and Gaza, Alexander's invasion of Egypt and his visit to th…
Aid in Taiwan's foreign policy
Taiwan's foreign aid policy is largely a response to its China-imposed international isolation. Taiwan provides aid without stringent accountability conditions to countries in Africa, the Americas, and the South Pacific in order to maintain official diplomatic relations in the face of Chinese opposition. Often at odds with this is Taiwan's interest in seeking western support through being seen as a responsible aid donor. Domestic political constr…
Vanuatu in Australia–China–Taiwan relations
Vanuatu became a major issue in Australia–China–Taiwan relations during Serge Vohor's turbulent prime ministership in 2004. Already engaged in a struggle with Australia over ‘good governance’, Vohor signed an agreement diplomatically recognising Taiwan. Chinese and Australian pressure led to Vohor's ouster, and a diplomatic setback for Taiwan. Although Australia and Taiwan viewed each other as side issues in this episode, with Australia focused o…
What motivates South Korean Official Development Assistance
Official Development Assistance (ODA) is defined by a motive: the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries. This review article considers the motives of one donor, South Korea, with a close reading and comparison of three authoritative texts. It argues that Korean ODA is primarily motivated by increasing status and influence, and supporting the overseas expansion of Korean companies. There is also a contribution f…
Comparing Taiwan's foreign aid to Japan, South Korea and DAC
Taiwan has been all but left out of comparative studies of foreign aid donors. This article places Taiwan's aid program in context, through a comparison with its East Asian neighbors – Japan and Korea – and the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors as group. It finds that while Taiwan differs from Japan and Korea in key respects, there are also notable similarities between the three in relation to other DAC donors
Big Trouble in Little Chinatown
South Pacific has emerged as a source of contention between two key Asia-Pacific middle powers, Australia and Taiwan. Taiwan 's effort to maintain and expand the list of countries with which it has formal diplomatic relations, in the face of hostility from China, has clashed with Australia's governance reform agenda for the Pacific Islands. This conflict is particularly acute in Solomon Islands, which has longstanding ties with Taiwan and a close…
A Commentary on Q. Curtius Rufus’ Historiae Alexandri Magni
Atkinson, J.E. A Commentary on Q. Curtius Rufus' Historiae Alexandri Magni. Books 3 and 4. 1980 Curtius Rufus' Historiae Alexandri is one of the major sources for the record of Alexan-der the Great as military commander, empire builder, administrator and political boss. This commentary covers the first two extant books, which include the battles of Issus and Gaugamela, the sieges of Tyre and Gaza, Alexander's invasion of Egypt and his visit to th…
Persia and the Greeks
The Greek Way of Death
Curbing the Comedians
There is a tendency to prune the record of restrictions on the freedom of thought and expression in fifth-century Athens. K. J. Dover has demonstrated that many of the stories of attacks on intellectuals rest on little more than flimsy speculation. Similarly there has been a reluctance to accept the historicity of the several restrictions on comedy recorded by scholiasts. Thus, for example, H. B. Mattingly has expressed doubts about Morychides' d…
Vanuatu in Australia–China–Taiwan relations
Vanuatu became a major issue in Australia–China–Taiwan relations during Serge Vohor's turbulent prime ministership in 2004. Already engaged in a struggle with Australia over ‘good governance’, Vohor signed an agreement diplomatically recognising Taiwan. Chinese and Australian pressure led to Vohor's ouster, and a diplomatic setback for Taiwan. Although Australia and Taiwan viewed each other as side issues in this episode, with Australia focused o…
Big Trouble in Little Chinatown
South Pacific has emerged as a source of contention between two key Asia-Pacific middle powers, Australia and Taiwan. Taiwan 's effort to maintain and expand the list of countries with which it has formal diplomatic relations, in the face of hostility from China, has clashed with Australia's governance reform agenda for the Pacific Islands. This conflict is particularly acute in Solomon Islands, which has longstanding ties with Taiwan and a close…
China–Taiwan diplomatic competition and the Pacific Islands
China and Taiwan have become important actors in South Pacific affairs due to their diplomatic rivalry. Securing the diplomatic recognition of the Pacific Islands countries is expensive for China and Taiwan. There are limits to what the rivals are willing to spend, and they attempt to reduce costs. This dynamic shapes how Taiwan and China engage Pacific Islands politicians. It also motivates their high level official visits to the region, and how…
Australian Support for an Independent Taiwan Prior to the Recognition of the People's Republic of China
Australia's efforts between 1950 and 1972 to create an independent Taiwan are an important, largely overlooked element of Australia and Taiwan's international relations. Australia saw de jure independence for Taiwan as a means to support the US while pursuing the interrelated goals of accommodating the People's Republic of China (PRC) and minimising contradictions between US China policy and the policies of the UK and other countries important to…
Australia and Taiwan
Aid in Taiwan's foreign policy
Taiwan's foreign aid policy is largely a response to its China-imposed international isolation. Taiwan provides aid without stringent accountability conditions to countries in Africa, the Americas, and the South Pacific in order to maintain official diplomatic relations in the face of Chinese opposition. Often at odds with this is Taiwan's interest in seeking western support through being seen as a responsible aid donor. Domestic political constr…
Development Assistance and Geopolitics in Australia-China-Taiwan Relations
Comparing Taiwan's foreign aid to Japan, South Korea and DAC
Taiwan has been all but left out of comparative studies of foreign aid donors. This article places Taiwan's aid program in context, through a comparison with its East Asian neighbors – Japan and Korea – and the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors as group. It finds that while Taiwan differs from Japan and Korea in key respects, there are also notable similarities between the three in relation to other DAC donors
Human Security as an Instrument of (Traditional) Comprehensive Security in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan
Japan, South Korea and Taiwan inhabit an insecure world, both objectively and in terms of how threats are perceived through historically shaped beliefs.A similar conceptualisation of "comprehensive security" forms an intellectual basis for foreign policy in all three countries.In addition to maintaining armed forces, threats are met through strengthening the national economy, and attempts to influence other states and enhance national prestige.Ac…
Aid vs. “Aid”
Historicising Chinese foreign‐aid thinking has become indispensable given China's increasing global role. This article examines a key aspect of this context: the Great Leap Forward and the emerging Sino‐Soviet split period (1958‐1961). The Peking Review is utilised as a window into official aid‐related discourses of the time. The article is organized around an aid vs. “aid” rhetorical and conceptual symmetry within the magazine. Aid is ultimately…
Rich Nation, Liberal International
Characterizations of foreign aid donors neglect the overarching importance of ideas in determining policy. This article explores Japan’s ideological criteria for foreign aid decision-making, differentiated both between goals and the instruments to achieve them, as well as between ideas in the specific foreground and the general background. Japan continues to operate with a recognizable postwar ideology, which synthesized aspects of an earlier mil…
What motivates South Korean Official Development Assistance
Official Development Assistance (ODA) is defined by a motive: the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries. This review article considers the motives of one donor, South Korea, with a close reading and comparison of three authoritative texts. It argues that Korean ODA is primarily motivated by increasing status and influence, and supporting the overseas expansion of Korean companies. There is also a contribution f…
Hindsight is AN/TPY-2
Outsourcing anti-dependency
Brazil partnered with China to foster industrial and technological progress, and to increase autonomy and prestige. The outcome, however, has been de-industrialisation and increased dependency. Nevertheless, the perception persists that Brazil is rising alongside China towards a post-hegemonic, multipolar world. We argue this can be understood through the deep-rooted embedded-autonomy narrative that shapes Brazil’s approach to the world. This pos…
South Korea's THAAD Decision at the Domestic–International Nexus
South Korean President Park Geun‐hye's 2016 decision to authorize the deployment of the U.S. Forces Korea THAAD system—and Beijing's subsequent economic and diplomatic coercion—marked a decisive inflection point in Seoul's China policy. This article analyzes how both South Korea's progressive and conservative coalitions revised their expectations regarding China and domestic public opinion through the protracted episode. The result has been a bip…
Political science (13 works) · China (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Politics (8 works) · History (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · International Development and Aid (6 works) · History (5 works) · Development economics (4 works)