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David C. Kang

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Maria Crutcher Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California

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Research Interests

My research focuses on East Asian international relations, regional security, Korean politics, and the international relations of historical East Asia. 

Recent Publications

David C. Kang, “Still Getting Asia Wrong: No “Contain China” Coalition Exists.” The Washington Quarterly 45, no. 4 (Winter 2023).

Xinru Ma and David C. Kang, “Toward Measuring Free-Riding: Counterfactuals, Alliances, and U.S.-Philippine Relations,” Journal of Global Security Studies 8, no. 1 (2022).

Chin-Hao Huang and David C. Kang, “State Formation in Korea and Japan, 400-800CE: Emulation and Learning, not Bellicist Competition,” International Organization 76, no. 1 (2022), 1-31. doi:10.1017/S0020818321000254

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Data

Early Modern East Asian Dataset v3.0: Published in 2018 with Meredith Shaw, Dr. Ronan Tse-min Fu, and Dat Nguyen:

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