The Clash of Soft Powers Between China and Japan

Synergy and Dilemmas at the Six-Party Talks

Bibliographic Data

ID7540709
AuthorsGeun Lee (corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume34
Issue2
Pages113-139
Publication date2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian perspective (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0258-9184 • E-ISSN: 2288-2871
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/apr.2010.0025
OpenAlexW2912554456
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited9

This article argues that during the Six-Party Talks on North Korea, China adroitly used its diplomacy to produce "soft-power synergy" while Japan became stuck with a "soft-power dilemma." Soft-power synergy refers to an outcome within which a success of an outward (foreign) soft-power strategy brings about simultaneous success of inward (domestic) soft-power strategy. On the other hand, soft-power dilemma denotes an outcome where a success of outward (or inward) soft-power strategy produces failure or negative influences in the inward (or outward) soft-power strategy. Borrowing from Robert Putnam's two-level game metaphor, this article tries to reveal the two-level dynamics of soft power by developing a refined conceptual framework of soft power and also by explicating a case study of Chinese and Japanese diplomacy at the Six-Party Talks

China · Dilemma · Diplomacy · Economics · Epistemology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Soft power · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Chinese history and philosophy · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Philosophy

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