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Selected Publications

2023

Xinru Ma and David C. Kang in the Journal of East Asian Studies: 

 

"Why Vietnam is not balancing China: Vietnamese security priorities and the dynamics of the Sino-Vietnamese relationship”

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David C. Kang in The Washington Quarterly 45:

 

“Still Getting Asia Wrong: No “Contain China” Coalition Exists”

Xinru Ma and David C. Kang in the Journal of Global Security Studies:

 

“Toward Measuring Free-Riding: Counterfactuals, Alliances, and U.S.-Philippine Relations”

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Chin-Hao Huang and David C. Kang in International Organization:

 

“State Formation in Korea and Japan, 400-800CE: Emulation and Learning, not Bellicist Competition"

2022

2020

David C. Kang in International Organization:

 

“International Order in Historical East Asia: Tribute and Hierarchy Beyond Sinocentrism and Eurocentrism"

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David C. Kang in the Journal of East Asian Studies:

 

“Thought Games About China"

2019

David C. Kang and Alex Yu-Ting Lin in the Journal of Global Security Studies:

 

"U.S. Bias in the Study of Asian Security: Using Europe to Study Asia"

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David C. Kang, Dat X. Nguyen, Ronan Tse-min Fu, and Meredith Shaw in the Journal of Conflict Resolution:

 

“War, Rebellion, and Intervention under Hierarchy: Vietnam–China Relations, 1365 to 1841"

2016-2018

David C. Kang and Xinru Ma in The Washington Quarterly (2018):

 

“Power Transitions: Thucydides Didn't Live in East Asia"

 

David C. Kang, Ronan Tse-min Fu, and Meredith Shaw in International Studies Quarterly (2016):

 

“Measuring War in Early Modern East Asia: Introducing Chinese and Korean Language Sources"

2003-2014

David C. Kang in the European Journal of International Relations (2014):

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“Why Was There no Religious War in Premodern East Asia?”

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David C. Kang in International Security (2003):

 

"Getting Asia Wrong: The Need for New Analytical Frameworks"

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