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Since Japan's colonization of Korea from 1910 to 1945, relations between the two countries have been rocky. In 1965, the United States helped with the signing of a normalization treaty between Japan and South Korea; Japan believes that this resolved all reparation questions. However, the treaty was signed secretly and pushed through the legislature under South Korean dictator Park Chung-Hee. Additionally, Japan possessed much greater power than South Korea at the time, leaving Koreans with few options and raising questions from Koreans' perspective of the treaty's legitimacy. More importantly, the treaty did not properly address the issues of Japanese wartime military brothels and forced labor, nor did it clearly state "if the settlements were grant aid from Japan or reparations for colonization." As such, victims were not compensated, and capital secured from Japan through the treaty was used for economic development. This post was originally published on the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution website on October 22, 2021. The original post can be accessed via the Archived Link button above.

This report is about the background of Stabilization Force(SFOR) and peace stabilization duties handed over to a European Union force(EUFOR).

This report is about the peace stabilization duties handed over to a European Union force(EUFOR).

Bosnia is in a transitional state to Euro-Atlantic integration since the war ended. A pledge was made to strengthen Bosnia's central state institutions, but the reform package failed to pass the legislature. The report provides an overview of prominent current issues concerning Bosnia.

This report is about the background of Stabilization Force(SFOR) and peace stabilization duties handed over to a European Union force(EUFOR).

This report analyzes the elections and key issues facing the new government of Croatia in 2003.

This report briefly examines selected public opinion indicators in key European countries that currently contribute to the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq. Overall, polls over the past year show that Spain was no anomaly in terms of strong public opposition to military involvement in Iraq. Some European governments appeared to support U.S. policy in Iraq in defiance of, rather than as a result of, public sentiment at home.

This report discusses the economic and political status of Albania in the year 2000, notably focusing on certain important events throughout the 1990s, such as the Kosovo Crisis and the rise to power of the Socialist Party in 1997.

This report provides an overview of U.S. and international policy objectives in Kosovo from 1998 to mid-1999, when NATO ended an 11-week air strike operation against Yugoslavia (Serbia) and began to deploy a U.N.-authorized peacekeeping force in Kosovo. It reviews stated objectives at various points during this period. It provides an analysis of how certain policy objectives evolved and discusses the extent to which they were or were not achieved.

AbstractHow do women make sense of marriages that start with payments and brokers? This study explores the sustenance of connected lives through relational work by analyzing how women from Asia who marry South Korean men in transnationally brokered marriages understand money and marriage. Evidence from 31 in-depth interviews elucidates the different ways in which women manage their social and economic relations in their home country and their destination country, and how the negotiation of those ties impacts marriage decisions and experiences. The case extends our understanding of relational work by uncovering its dynamic nature as women's changing expectations reconfigure their relations with family, brokers and husbands, and, in turn, reformulate their monetary practices. Examining women's relational work also reveals micro-processes that underlie macro-level trends in the flow of money, information and people in Asia, lending an understanding of broader transnational processes.

During the Obama administration, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a series of memos stating that the federal government would not interfere with state laws legalizing cannabis. The United States Attorney General later expressly extended this policy to Indian Country. As a result, tribes began debating potential advantages and disadvantages of participating in the cannabis market. Then, in January 2018, the DOJ rescinded the memos and publicly recommitted itself to prosecuting the possession, cultivation, and distribution of marijuana. Consequently, tribes should approach "The Green Rush" as an exercise of their sovereignty; when a tribe decides to legalize or criminalize cannabis within its territory, the tribe protects its dominion vis-à-vis both federal and state governments. This assertion of sovereignty will, in turn, encourage the federal government to decisively clarify its cannabis policy in Indian Country. Several articles exist already discussing the intersection of tribal, state, and federal law, and how the three conflict in the cannabis market. This paper introduces a missing element to the analysis: the tribal debates about whether legalizing cannabis presents economic opportunity or a grave threat to Native communities. This lens gives insight into two points. First, the federal government's undefined policy regarding cannabis products in Indian Country created the environment for tribes to make their own decisions regarding legalization. Second, tribal debates and decisions regarding participating in the cannabis market are opportunities for tribes to exercise and protect their sovereignty against interference from both state and the federal governments. This study brings tribal perspectives on cannabis in Indian Country to the forefront.

This report discusses the current political state of Kosovo, which, on February 7, 2008, declared its independence from Serbia. Since then, Serbia has contested Kosovo's declaration of independence, leading to parallel governing institutions and ongoing talks between the two nations. This report discusses challenges Kosovo faces regarding international recognition and the status of its ethnic minorities. This report also discusses Kosovo's relationship with the United States, and U.S. foreign aid efforts to Kosovo.