A Path to “Emergent Peace” in Northeast Asia
The Shadow of the Past Matters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12350867 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ki-Joon Hong, Ki‐joon Hong (Kyung Hee University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 503-520 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1035-7823 • E-ISSN: 1467-8403 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10357823.2015.1056087 |
| OpenAlex | W1954536921 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 37 |
This article explores the possibility of institutional multilateralism in Northeast Asia from the perspective of “emergent peace”. The main argument of the article is that a self-organising peace process arising from institutional multilateralism is constrained and enabled by the existing “morphogenetic fields”, the formative social spheres of collective action. Similar ideas or initiatives that are pursued by an agent/agents may result in different consequences depending on the characteristics of the morphogenetic fields. This argument is examined through two case studies. The first is Jean Monnet in Europe, who played a pivotal role in the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), and the other is Ahn Jung-geun in Northeast Asia, who proposed the detailed ideas of pan-Asianism akin to Monnet but failed to play a role as an agent. The case studies demonstrate that the feature of the morphogenetic fields is determined by the characteristics of embedded agency at a critical juncture, while the agency is bounded by the particular spatial and temporal conditions of the morphogenetic fields. In search of an emergent peace process in Northeast Asia, this article particularly highlights the Six-Party Talks, arguing that they are a by-product of, and an alternative to, the San Francisco System
Agency (philosophy · Argument (complex analysis · Collective action · Glocalization · Multilateralism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Shadow (psychology · Social science · Sociology · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance
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The Six-Party Talks in the Post-Kim Jong-il Era
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Northeast Asia's Stunted Regionalism
Extending the European Security Community
The Causal Power of Social Structures
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Path Emergence on the Korean Peninsula
Powerplay
The Institutional Logics Perspective
Regionalism in Comparative Perspective
Multilateralism
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Morphogenesis versus Structuration
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Cultural Violence
In Other Words
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |