John D Ciorciari
Biographic Data
| ID | 4096743 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John D Ciorciari |
| GIVEN NAMES | John D |
| FAMILY NAME | Ciorciari |
| SIGNATURE | CIORCIARI J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8654-3038 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 110 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Soft balancing in south-east Asia: Inclusion over confrontation
South-east Asian governments have long engaged in soft balancing—and particularly a variant dubbed ‘institutional balancing’—to constrain external powers and thereby pursue security and autonomy. Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have occasionally used regional bodies to confront external powers directly, as they did in the 1980s against Vietnam. Since that era, individual ASEAN states or external powers have sometimes…
Hedging as Risk Management: Insights from Works on Alignment, Riskification, and Strategy
Haiti and the Pitfalls of Sharing Police Powers
This article examines the benefits and pitfalls of international policing in Haiti over the past quarter century. It shows the importance of the political foundations for joint policing arrangements. Haiti's experience illustrates that international personnel can provide useful stopgap policing services when the interests of national and international partners converge around public order crises. However, the Haitian case also shows how weak poli…
Sovereignty Sharing in Fragile States
The Courteous Power: Japan and Southeast Asia in the Indo-Pacific Era
The Courteous Power seeks to provide a nuanced view of the current relationship between Japan and Southeast Asia. Much of the current scholarship on East–Southeast Asian engagement has focused on the multidimensional chess game playing out between China and Japan, as the dominant post-imperialist powers. Alternatively, there has been renewed attention on ASEAN and other Southeast Asian–centered initiatives, explicitly minimizing the influence of …
Cambodia in 2020
In 2020, Cambodia experienced its sharpest economic contraction in more than a quarter-century as COVID-19 crippled its tourism industry, hampered foreign investment, and reduced demand for exports from its crucial garment and textile sectors. Wary of simmering popular unrest, the government of long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen sought to support the battered economy with one hand while stifling domestic political dissent with the other. Domesti…
Courteous Power: Japan and Southeast Asia in the Indo-Pacific Era
Sovereignty Sharing in Fragile States
Sharing Sovereignty in the Streets: International Policing in Fragile States
Bolstering basic law enforcement is a major aim of most contemporary peacekeeping missions. In some cases, when local police forces have failed, governments have allowed international personnel to step into the breach and share law enforcement authority with the state. These ‘sovereignty-sharing’ ventures have had two prime mandates – to provide effective stopgap security and strengthen domestic police institutions. This article argues that exter…
Cambodia in 2019
In 2019, Cambodia saw long-ruling Prime Minister Hun Sen tighten his grip on power. Economic growth continued, but with rising risks related to a real estate bubble, mounting debt, and yawning social inequality. Externally, Cambodia deepened its dependency on China, insulating the Hun Sen regime in some respects but contributing to new vulnerabilities
Under Beijing’s Shadow: Southeast Asia’s China Challenge
Attained SCOPUS CiteScore of 1.4 in 2019.Attained Journal Citation Report (JCR) Journal Impact Factor of 0.717 in 2019.SCImago Journal and Country Rank (SJR) 2019 for the Asiatic Region: Ranked 1st in Political Science and International Relations; 1st in History; and 3rd in Arts and Humanities.Ranked 19th by Google Scholar Metrics 2020 in the category of “Asian Studies and History
The variable effectiveness of hedging strategies
Governments often adopt hedging strategies to mitigate risks they face in international affairs. They hedge in the conventional, financial sense of the term by seeking to offset risks in global markets. They also adopt strategies to hedge against international security hazards by preserving strategic ambiguity, forging limited security alignments, and cultivating modest self-protection in case potential threats materialize. Both types of hedging …
Hedging in international relations: An introduction
In recent years, the concept of ‘hedging’ has risen to prominence in international relations discourse. Hedging normally refers in that context to a national security or alignment strategy, undertaken by one state toward another, featuring a mix of cooperative and confrontational elements. It is often contrasted with balancing or bandwagoning, concepts developed during the Cold War era to depict the alternative strategies of resisting or accommod…
Contracting Out, Legitimacy, and State Building
Contracting out what are traditionally regarded as core sovereign functions is an iconic example of governance in areas of limited statehood. When national political authorities share sovereign authority with external actors, at least two key questions arise. First, when will such arrangements be accepted as legitimate? Second, how can they boost the capacity and legitimacy of state institutions? We argue that the dominant source of external acto…
Roundtable: Asean at Fifty and Beyond
Nationalist Protests, Government Responses, and the Risk of Escalation in Interstate Disputes
While the existing literature emphasizes that elites often have incentives to pander to nationalist sentiment, much less attention has been paid to elite efforts to subdue popular nationalism, either to avoid domestic instability or international escalation. This article examines how different governments respond to nationalist protests and the resulting effects on the risk that interstate disputes will escalate to armed conflict. We argue that g…
Hybrid Justice: The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Since 2006, the United Nations and Cambodian Government have participated in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, a hybrid tribunal created to try key Khmer Rouge officials for crimes of the Pol Pot era. In Hybrid Justice , John D. Ciorciari and Anne Heindel examine the contentious politics behind the tribunal's creation, its flawed legal and institutional design, and the frequent politicized impasses that have undermined its abi…
China’s Structural Power Deficit and Influence Gap in the Monetary Policy Arena
As China rises, its influence on other states’ policy choices will depend partly on the extent of its “structural power.” This article examines China’s role in Asian monetary affairs and argues that deficient structural power has contributed to a significant gap between China’s waxing economic resources and its policy influence
Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 15 June 1962 in the Case Concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand)
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A Chinese model for patron-client relations? The Sino-Cambodian partnership
Journal Article A Chinese model for patron–client relations? The Sino-Cambodian partnership Get access John D. Ciorciari John D. Ciorciari * Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, USA *E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Volume 15, Issue 2, May 2015, Pages 245–278, https://doi.org/10.1093/irap/lcu021 …
China and the Pol Pot regime
This article attempts to shed additional light on one of the most sensitive aspects of China's Cold War legacy – its support for Pol Pot's Democratic Kampuchea (DK) between April 1975 and January 1979. Drawing on field interviews with former Khmer Rouge cadres and official DK records, it examines how the terms of the Sino-DK entente were understood by the parties and affected Chinese influence on the ground. The evidence shows that despite provid…
Cambodia's Trek Toward Reconciliation
John Paul Lederach has famously described reconciliation as “a journey to a place where truth, justice, peace, and mercy meet.” That process involves managing profound paradoxes, such as trying to
Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization
In 2010, the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization agreement established a new Asian financial arrangement to help address potential currency or liquidity crises. This article analyzes the origins and basic features of the new arrangement, which reflect both progress and the continuing political challenges of building regional institutions in Asia
The balance of great-power influence in contemporary Southeast Asia
This article reviews and critiques recent scholarly work on Southeast Asian relations with the great powers, examining the strategies that ASEAN governments have used and the effects of those strategies. The author argues that Southeast Asian governments have generally steered away from traditional balance of power politics to promote a more complex ‘balance of influence’ comprising military, economic, institutional, and ideational dimensions. A …
Hedging in international relations: An introduction
In recent years, the concept of ‘hedging’ has risen to prominence in international relations discourse. Hedging normally refers in that context to a national security or alignment strategy, undertaken by one state toward another, featuring a mix of cooperative and confrontational elements. It is often contrasted with balancing or bandwagoning, concepts developed during the Cold War era to depict the alternative strategies of resisting or accommod…
A Chinese model for patron-client relations? The Sino-Cambodian partnership
Journal Article A Chinese model for patron–client relations? The Sino-Cambodian partnership Get access John D. Ciorciari John D. Ciorciari * Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, USA *E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Volume 15, Issue 2, May 2015, Pages 245–278, https://doi.org/10.1093/irap/lcu021 …
The variable effectiveness of hedging strategies
Governments often adopt hedging strategies to mitigate risks they face in international affairs. They hedge in the conventional, financial sense of the term by seeking to offset risks in global markets. They also adopt strategies to hedge against international security hazards by preserving strategic ambiguity, forging limited security alignments, and cultivating modest self-protection in case potential threats materialize. Both types of hedging …
The balance of great-power influence in contemporary Southeast Asia
This article reviews and critiques recent scholarly work on Southeast Asian relations with the great powers, examining the strategies that ASEAN governments have used and the effects of those strategies. The author argues that Southeast Asian governments have generally steered away from traditional balance of power politics to promote a more complex ‘balance of influence’ comprising military, economic, institutional, and ideational dimensions. A …
Nationalist Protests, Government Responses, and the Risk of Escalation in Interstate Disputes
While the existing literature emphasizes that elites often have incentives to pander to nationalist sentiment, much less attention has been paid to elite efforts to subdue popular nationalism, either to avoid domestic instability or international escalation. This article examines how different governments respond to nationalist protests and the resulting effects on the risk that interstate disputes will escalate to armed conflict. We argue that g…
Under Beijing’s Shadow: Southeast Asia’s China Challenge
Attained SCOPUS CiteScore of 1.4 in 2019.Attained Journal Citation Report (JCR) Journal Impact Factor of 0.717 in 2019.SCImago Journal and Country Rank (SJR) 2019 for the Asiatic Region: Ranked 1st in Political Science and International Relations; 1st in History; and 3rd in Arts and Humanities.Ranked 19th by Google Scholar Metrics 2020 in the category of “Asian Studies and History
Contracting Out, Legitimacy, and State Building
Contracting out what are traditionally regarded as core sovereign functions is an iconic example of governance in areas of limited statehood. When national political authorities share sovereign authority with external actors, at least two key questions arise. First, when will such arrangements be accepted as legitimate? Second, how can they boost the capacity and legitimacy of state institutions? We argue that the dominant source of external acto…
Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 15 June 1962 in the Case Concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand)
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Cambodia in 2020
In 2020, Cambodia experienced its sharpest economic contraction in more than a quarter-century as COVID-19 crippled its tourism industry, hampered foreign investment, and reduced demand for exports from its crucial garment and textile sectors. Wary of simmering popular unrest, the government of long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen sought to support the battered economy with one hand while stifling domestic political dissent with the other. Domesti…
Sharing Sovereignty in the Streets: International Policing in Fragile States
Bolstering basic law enforcement is a major aim of most contemporary peacekeeping missions. In some cases, when local police forces have failed, governments have allowed international personnel to step into the breach and share law enforcement authority with the state. These ‘sovereignty-sharing’ ventures have had two prime mandates – to provide effective stopgap security and strengthen domestic police institutions. This article argues that exter…
China and the Pol Pot regime
This article attempts to shed additional light on one of the most sensitive aspects of China's Cold War legacy – its support for Pol Pot's Democratic Kampuchea (DK) between April 1975 and January 1979. Drawing on field interviews with former Khmer Rouge cadres and official DK records, it examines how the terms of the Sino-DK entente were understood by the parties and affected Chinese influence on the ground. The evidence shows that despite provid…
Roundtable: Asean at Fifty and Beyond
Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization
In 2010, the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization agreement established a new Asian financial arrangement to help address potential currency or liquidity crises. This article analyzes the origins and basic features of the new arrangement, which reflect both progress and the continuing political challenges of building regional institutions in Asia
The balance of great-power influence in contemporary Southeast Asia
This article reviews and critiques recent scholarly work on Southeast Asian relations with the great powers, examining the strategies that ASEAN governments have used and the effects of those strategies. The author argues that Southeast Asian governments have generally steered away from traditional balance of power politics to promote a more complex ‘balance of influence’ comprising military, economic, institutional, and ideational dimensions. A …
Cambodia's Trek Toward Reconciliation
John Paul Lederach has famously described reconciliation as “a journey to a place where truth, justice, peace, and mercy meet.” That process involves managing profound paradoxes, such as trying to
Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization
In 2010, the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization agreement established a new Asian financial arrangement to help address potential currency or liquidity crises. This article analyzes the origins and basic features of the new arrangement, which reflect both progress and the continuing political challenges of building regional institutions in Asia
China and the Pol Pot regime
This article attempts to shed additional light on one of the most sensitive aspects of China's Cold War legacy – its support for Pol Pot's Democratic Kampuchea (DK) between April 1975 and January 1979. Drawing on field interviews with former Khmer Rouge cadres and official DK records, it examines how the terms of the Sino-DK entente were understood by the parties and affected Chinese influence on the ground. The evidence shows that despite provid…
Hybrid Justice: The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Since 2006, the United Nations and Cambodian Government have participated in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, a hybrid tribunal created to try key Khmer Rouge officials for crimes of the Pol Pot era. In Hybrid Justice , John D. Ciorciari and Anne Heindel examine the contentious politics behind the tribunal's creation, its flawed legal and institutional design, and the frequent politicized impasses that have undermined its abi…
China’s Structural Power Deficit and Influence Gap in the Monetary Policy Arena
As China rises, its influence on other states’ policy choices will depend partly on the extent of its “structural power.” This article examines China’s role in Asian monetary affairs and argues that deficient structural power has contributed to a significant gap between China’s waxing economic resources and its policy influence
Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 15 June 1962 in the Case Concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand)
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A Chinese model for patron-client relations? The Sino-Cambodian partnership
Journal Article A Chinese model for patron–client relations? The Sino-Cambodian partnership Get access John D. Ciorciari John D. Ciorciari * Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, USA *E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Volume 15, Issue 2, May 2015, Pages 245–278, https://doi.org/10.1093/irap/lcu021 …
Nationalist Protests, Government Responses, and the Risk of Escalation in Interstate Disputes
While the existing literature emphasizes that elites often have incentives to pander to nationalist sentiment, much less attention has been paid to elite efforts to subdue popular nationalism, either to avoid domestic instability or international escalation. This article examines how different governments respond to nationalist protests and the resulting effects on the risk that interstate disputes will escalate to armed conflict. We argue that g…
Roundtable: Asean at Fifty and Beyond
Contracting Out, Legitimacy, and State Building
Contracting out what are traditionally regarded as core sovereign functions is an iconic example of governance in areas of limited statehood. When national political authorities share sovereign authority with external actors, at least two key questions arise. First, when will such arrangements be accepted as legitimate? Second, how can they boost the capacity and legitimacy of state institutions? We argue that the dominant source of external acto…
The variable effectiveness of hedging strategies
Governments often adopt hedging strategies to mitigate risks they face in international affairs. They hedge in the conventional, financial sense of the term by seeking to offset risks in global markets. They also adopt strategies to hedge against international security hazards by preserving strategic ambiguity, forging limited security alignments, and cultivating modest self-protection in case potential threats materialize. Both types of hedging …
Hedging in international relations: An introduction
In recent years, the concept of ‘hedging’ has risen to prominence in international relations discourse. Hedging normally refers in that context to a national security or alignment strategy, undertaken by one state toward another, featuring a mix of cooperative and confrontational elements. It is often contrasted with balancing or bandwagoning, concepts developed during the Cold War era to depict the alternative strategies of resisting or accommod…
Sharing Sovereignty in the Streets: International Policing in Fragile States
Bolstering basic law enforcement is a major aim of most contemporary peacekeeping missions. In some cases, when local police forces have failed, governments have allowed international personnel to step into the breach and share law enforcement authority with the state. These ‘sovereignty-sharing’ ventures have had two prime mandates – to provide effective stopgap security and strengthen domestic police institutions. This article argues that exter…
Cambodia in 2019
In 2019, Cambodia saw long-ruling Prime Minister Hun Sen tighten his grip on power. Economic growth continued, but with rising risks related to a real estate bubble, mounting debt, and yawning social inequality. Externally, Cambodia deepened its dependency on China, insulating the Hun Sen regime in some respects but contributing to new vulnerabilities
Under Beijing’s Shadow: Southeast Asia’s China Challenge
Attained SCOPUS CiteScore of 1.4 in 2019.Attained Journal Citation Report (JCR) Journal Impact Factor of 0.717 in 2019.SCImago Journal and Country Rank (SJR) 2019 for the Asiatic Region: Ranked 1st in Political Science and International Relations; 1st in History; and 3rd in Arts and Humanities.Ranked 19th by Google Scholar Metrics 2020 in the category of “Asian Studies and History
Sovereignty Sharing in Fragile States
The Courteous Power: Japan and Southeast Asia in the Indo-Pacific Era
The Courteous Power seeks to provide a nuanced view of the current relationship between Japan and Southeast Asia. Much of the current scholarship on East–Southeast Asian engagement has focused on the multidimensional chess game playing out between China and Japan, as the dominant post-imperialist powers. Alternatively, there has been renewed attention on ASEAN and other Southeast Asian–centered initiatives, explicitly minimizing the influence of …
Cambodia in 2020
In 2020, Cambodia experienced its sharpest economic contraction in more than a quarter-century as COVID-19 crippled its tourism industry, hampered foreign investment, and reduced demand for exports from its crucial garment and textile sectors. Wary of simmering popular unrest, the government of long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen sought to support the battered economy with one hand while stifling domestic political dissent with the other. Domesti…
Courteous Power: Japan and Southeast Asia in the Indo-Pacific Era
Sovereignty Sharing in Fragile States
Hedging as Risk Management: Insights from Works on Alignment, Riskification, and Strategy
Haiti and the Pitfalls of Sharing Police Powers
This article examines the benefits and pitfalls of international policing in Haiti over the past quarter century. It shows the importance of the political foundations for joint policing arrangements. Haiti's experience illustrates that international personnel can provide useful stopgap policing services when the interests of national and international partners converge around public order crises. However, the Haitian case also shows how weak poli…
Soft balancing in south-east Asia: Inclusion over confrontation
South-east Asian governments have long engaged in soft balancing—and particularly a variant dubbed ‘institutional balancing’—to constrain external powers and thereby pursue security and autonomy. Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have occasionally used regional bodies to confront external powers directly, as they did in the 1980s against Vietnam. Since that era, individual ASEAN states or external powers have sometimes…
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