Senan Fox

Bio: Senan Fox is an academic researcher from Kanazawa University. The author has contributed to research in topics: China & Exclusive economic zone. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 12 publications receiving 4 citations.

Bilateral Challenges and Korean Anxieties

Abstract: This chapter examines the influence of wider bilateral and regional challenges on this dispute. It particularly notes the increasingly fraught nature of ties between the two neighbors since the early 2000s, when the optimism of the 1990s was replaced by more ‘realism and mixed feelings’. The rise in bilateral frictions over the feature has come in the midst of wider mutual anxieties about the strategic and economic objectives of the other side. China’s concerns are mainly security-based in relation to national defense and access to resources. Heightened Republic of Korea (ROK) unease regarding rightful jurisdiction over the feature occurred in a context of growing Chinese influence on the peninsula where South Koreans increasingly felt that a rising China was a threat to Korean sovereignty both north and south and its symbols, touching upon sensitivities concerning national identity and dignity. The chapter discusses the various broader challenges that both states have been attempting to address since the normalization of ties in 1992.

An Insoluble Dispute

Abstract: This introductory chapter begins by describing the purpose of the book and briefly introduces the various contexts in which the Socotra Rock dispute is situated. It provides a broad overview of the complex difficulties related to solving the dispute. This includes a succinct overview of the role of international maritime law in advance of a more in-depth discussion in a subsequent chapter, as well as why tensions increased after the early 2000s, and the significance of this dispute for the wider Sino-South Korean relationship for East Asia and the international community in general. Given that topography and geographical context figure so fundamentally in this issue, they are described before proceeding to other issues, such as the disputed dividing line, Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), and continental shelf claims, and South Korea’s contentious construction of a research station in 2003.

Media discourses of territorial disputes in Japan

Abstract: This paper deconstructs Japanese media discourses of Japan’s territorial disputes in selected newspapers in English – namely The Asahi Shimbun, The Japan News and The Japan Times from 2002 to 2018....

Nationalism and international disputes in China: Implications for transnational corporations as corporate diplomats

Abstract: For decades, the territorial dispute between China and Japan over the sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands has caused diplomatic deteriorations in Sino-Japanese relations. When there is extensive media coverage on news about the dispute, nationalist sentiments in both two countries would be triggered and could be expressed through detrimental behaviors towards transnational corporations (hereinafter TNCs). While TNCs play a significant political function as corporate diplomats for their home countries, they are subject to the risk of crises when their home countries are involved in political and economic conflicts with the foreign countries in which they have operations. Against this backdrop, this paper seeks to examine the roles of TNCs with reference to three cases of nationalism-induced crises in China. It proposes relational principles based on which TNCs could implement strategies to mitigate the damage from nationalism-induced crises and contribute to their home countries’ diplomatic goals as corporate diplomats.

South Korea's failure to implement ʺDefense Reform 2020ʺ

Abstract: Park, Hwee Rhak.December, 2014.South Korea's failure to implement ʺDefense Reform 2020ʺ,Articles,[Seoul, Korea]Korean Association of International Studies,23