Outputs (5)

Mnemonic Encounters: The Construction and Persistence of International “History Wars” and the Case of Japan–South Korea Relations (2024)
Journal Article
Deacon, C. (in press). Mnemonic Encounters: The Construction and Persistence of International “History Wars” and the Case of Japan–South Korea Relations. International Studies Quarterly, 68(3), Article sqae114. https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqae114

Why does contentious history play such an outsized role in some international relationships? Why do these “history wars” endure, overriding incentives to reconcile? Despite their demonstrable importance, history wars have generally been neglected by... Read More about Mnemonic Encounters: The Construction and Persistence of International “History Wars” and the Case of Japan–South Korea Relations.

Perpetual ontological crisis: national division, enduring anxieties and South Korea’s discursive relationship with Japan (2023)
Journal Article
Deacon, C. (2023). Perpetual ontological crisis: national division, enduring anxieties and South Korea’s discursive relationship with Japan. European Journal of International Relations, 29(4), 1041-1065. https://doi.org/10.1177/13540661221143925

The broad agenda of ontological security scholarship in International Relations is to examine states’ (in)security of Self-identity and the implications for their international conduct. While ontological security may be an illusory goal, states vary... Read More about Perpetual ontological crisis: national division, enduring anxieties and South Korea’s discursive relationship with Japan.

Japan's 'history problem' lingers on after Abe (2022)
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Deacon, C. (2022). Japan's 'history problem' lingers on after Abe

(Re)producing the ‘history problem’: memory, identity and the Japan-South Korea trade dispute (2022)
Journal Article
Deacon, C. (2022). (Re)producing the ‘history problem’: memory, identity and the Japan-South Korea trade dispute. The Pacific Review, 35(5), 789-820. https://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2021.1897652

Japan-South Korea relations have consistently been presented by International Relations scholars as a puzzle that confounds mainstream rationalist theories, which struggle to explain the consistent acrimony associated with the so-called ‘history prob... Read More about (Re)producing the ‘history problem’: memory, identity and the Japan-South Korea trade dispute.

South Koreans want engagement with the North, but not reunification (2018)
Digital Artefact
Deacon, C. (2018). South Koreans want engagement with the North, but not reunification