Victor D. Cha
Journal articles & monographs · selected list

Research

Scholarship across a career at the field's leading journals.

International Security 48.1 · Cha, “Collective Resilience” Political Science Quarterly Asian Survey CSIS · Breaking Bad: South Korea’s Nuclear Option CSIS · “Bending” the Architecture: Reimagining the G7 Foreign Affairs

Asian Survey

8 articles
09
The North Korea Question
56.2 (March/April 2016), pp. 243–269
10
South Korea in 2011
52.1 (January 2012), pp. 52–64 · with K. Katz
11
South Korea in 2010: Navigating New Heights in the Alliance
51.1 (January 2011), pp. 54–63 · with K. Katz
12
South Korea in 2004: Peninsular Flux
45.1 (January/February 2005), pp. 33–40
13
Japan's Engagement Dilemma with North Korea
41.4 (July/August 2001), pp. 549–563
14
Dealing with Rogue Regimes: North Korea and the Policy of “Enhanced Engagement”
39.6 (November/December 1999), pp. 845–866
15
Realism, Liberalism, and the Durability of the U.S.-Korea Alliance
37.7 (July 1997), pp. 609–628
16
Something Old, Something New: Politics and Democracy Under the Kim Young Sam Government
33.9 (September 1993), pp. 849–863

Int'l Journal of the History of Sport

4 articles
17
A Theory of Sport and Politics
29.11 (2009), pp. 1581–1610
18
Winning is Not Enough: Sports and Politics in East Asia and Beyond
30.11 (June 2013), pp. 1287–1298
19
The Asian Games and Diplomacy in Asia: Korea-China-Russia
30.10 (May 2013), pp. 1176–1187
20
Politics and the Olympic Transaction: Measuring China's Accomplishments
27.14/15 (September–October 2010), pp. 1–21

Korean Journal of Defense Analysis

3 articles
21
The Unintended Consequences of Success: U.S. Retrenchment from Korea?
31.2 (June 2019), pp. 165–191
22
The Obama Administration's Policy Toward East Asia
22.1 (March 2010), pp. 1–14 [lead article]
23
What Drives Korea-Japan Security Relations?
10.2 (Winter 1998), pp. 69–88

Korean Studies

2 articles
24
Informal Empire: The Origins of the U.S.-ROK Alliance and the 1953 Mutual Defense Treaty Negotiations
41 (2017), pp. 221–252
25
Bridging the Gap: The Strategic Context of Japan-Korea Normalization
20 (1996), pp. 123–160

Asia Policy

2 articles
26
Complex Patchworks: U.S. Alliances as Part of Asia's Regional Architecture
No. 11 (January 2011), pp. 27–50
27
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: South Korea's Strategic Dilemmas with China and the United States
21 (January 2016), pp. 101–121 · with E. Kim

Other refereed journals

15 articles
30
Rhee-straint: The Origins of the U.S.-ROK Alliance
International Journal of Korean Studies 15.1 (Summer 2011), pp. 1–16 [lead article]
31
Dialogue about Elections in Japan and South Korea
Journal of Asian Studies 71.2 (May 2013), pp. 233–250 · with D. Kang & D. Leheny
32
Reverberation and the Domestic Politics of Civil Nuclear Cooperation
Asian Security 11.3 (December 2015), pp. 242–260
33
Role of Sport in International Relations: National Rebirth and Renewal
Asian Economic Policy Review 11.1 (January 2016), pp. 139–155
34
The Second Nuclear Age: Proliferation Pessimism vs. Sober Optimism in South Asia and East Asia
Journal of Strategic Studies 24.4 (December 2001), pp. 78–122
35
Abandonment, Entrapment, and Neoclassical Realism in Asia
International Studies Quarterly 44.2 (June 2000), pp. 261–291
36
Balance, Parallelism and Asymmetry: United States-Korea Relations
Journal of East Asian Studies 1.1 (February 2001), pp. 179–209
37
Strategic Culture and the Military Modernization of South Korea
Armed Forces & Society 28.1 (Fall 2001), pp. 99–127
38
Japan's Grand Strategy on the Korean Peninsula: Optimistic Realism
Japanese Journal of Political Science 1.2 (November 2000), pp. 249–274
39
Hate, Power and Identity in Japan-Korea Security
Australian Journal of International Affairs 54.3 (November 2000), pp. 309–324
40
Globalization and the Study of International Security
Journal of Peace Research 37.3 (May 2000), pp. 391–403
41
Is There Still a Rational North Korean Option for War?
Security Dialogue 29.4 (December 1998), pp. 477–490
42
Mistaken Attribution: The United States and Inter-Korean Relations
Asia-Pacific Review 9.2 (November 2002), pp. 45–60
43
Forward Presence, Anti-Americanism, and the US-ROK Alliance's Future
Korea Observer 33.4 (Winter 2002), pp. 507–539
44
Korean Unification: The Zero-sum Past and the Precarious Future
Asian Perspective 21.3 (Winter 1997), pp. 63–92