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Trump, turbulence, territory
Get PDFTwo years into the Trump administration there remains heated discussion of what exactly his presidency means for contemporary political trends. Much of this debate has focused on two topics in particular: right wing populism and the return of authoritarian forms of politics associated with the early twentieth century. Here commentators have returned to older themes about the nexus between personality and politics (Gordon, 2017; cf.; Löwenthal & Guterman, 1949). Some of this discussion has centered on the President's psychological state and his fitness for office, while another strand of popular commentary has focused on the mass psychology of Trump supporters (Lindén, 2017). At the same time, there has been an ongoing critique of liberal-left fascination with authoritarianism in the Trump era. As Robin (2018) points out, despite Republican control of all three houses into late 2018, the Trump administration has struggled to pass policies or even appear legitimate in the eyes of its own party. But this is not to say that the renewed focus on the intersection of personality and politics has been irrelevant or misguided. Indeed, Trump's personality has had turbulent effects not only on America's domestic politics, but on territorial configurations in other parts of the world that are germane for political geographic analysis..
Experimental territoriality: Assembling the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea
No full textThis paper examines the interactions of sovereignty and political economy that shape North Korea's Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC)dan economic zone jointly operated by North and South Korea. Drawing on contemporary literatures concerning sovereignty, territoriality, and sites of political eco- nomic experimentation in East Asia, we argue that the KIC represents an experimental form of territo- riality: one that is particularly volatile due to its unique geopolitical location where interaction among the various actors that compose it periodically shuts down or threatens to suspend the project. This volatility cannot be reduced to the structure of the North Korean regime alone, however. Rather, it must be situated within the continuation of a framework of enmity on the Korean peninsula as well as the ethical and political conundrums raised by the largely capitalist nature of the KIC as a form of inter- Korean economic cooperation
Singapore upon the Korea Strait? Cyberlibertarian Desires and Anxious Regulation in Busan’s Blockchain Regulation Free Zone
No full textThis article examines the intersection of Asia’s blockchain industry and special economic zones (SEZ). SEZs have been promoted to localize blockchain technology by disparate actors from cyberlibertarian figures to Asian blockchain firms, national policymakers, and local politicians. This convergence raises the question about what activities are imagined for Asian blockchain zones and what mutations of sovereignty, markets, and democracy they involve? To answer, this article surveys how zones have been imagined for blockchain and examines the case of Korea’s Busan Blockchain Regulation-Free Zone (BBRFZ). We discuss competing imaginaries that shape the project, from the laissez-faire fantasy of Busan as a cryptocurrency hub to more ‘developmentalist’ ideas for zone. We argue that despite its invocation of freedom, the BBRFZ is animated by an anxious regulatory dynamic: one that seeks promote blockchain as a means for regional development but remains conflicted due to the risks that cyberlibertarian logics of exception might bring
Yearning for Singapore? Blockchain imaginaries, regional development, and Korea’s special economic zones
No full textDevelopmentalist Cities?:Interrogating Urban Developmentalism in East Asia [Paperback Version]
No full textDevelopmentalist Cities addresses the missing urban story in research on East Asian developmentalism and the missing developmentalist story in studies of East Asian urbanization. It does so by promoting interdisciplinary research into the subject of urban developmentalism: a term that editors Jamie Doucette and Bae-Gyoon Park use to highlight the particular nature of the urban as a site of and for developmentalist intervention. The contributors to this volume deepen this concept by examining the legacy of how Cold War and post-Cold War geopolitical economy, spaces of exception (from special zones to industrial districts), and diverse forms of expertise have helped produce urban space in East Asia. Contributors: Carolyn Cartier, Christina Kim Chilcote, Young Jin Choi, Jamie Doucette, Eli Friedman, Jim Glassman, Heidi Gottfried, Laam Hae, Jinn-yuh Hsu, Iam Chong Ip, Jin-Bum Jang, Soo-Hyun Kim, Jana M. Kleibert, Kah Wee Lee, Seung-Ook Lee, Christina Moon, Bae-Gyoon Park, Hyun Bang Shin
Developmentalist Cities?:Interrogating Urban Developmentalism in East Asia [Paperback Version]
No full textDevelopmentalist Cities addresses the missing urban story in research on East Asian developmentalism and the missing developmentalist story in studies of East Asian urbanization. It does so by promoting interdisciplinary research into the subject of urban developmentalism: a term that editors Jamie Doucette and Bae-Gyoon Park use to highlight the particular nature of the urban as a site of and for developmentalist intervention. The contributors to this volume deepen this concept by examining the legacy of how Cold War and post-Cold War geopolitical economy, spaces of exception (from special zones to industrial districts), and diverse forms of expertise have helped produce urban space in East Asia. Contributors: Carolyn Cartier, Christina Kim Chilcote, Young Jin Choi, Jamie Doucette, Eli Friedman, Jim Glassman, Heidi Gottfried, Laam Hae, Jinn-yuh Hsu, Iam Chong Ip, Jin-Bum Jang, Soo-Hyun Kim, Jana M. Kleibert, Kah Wee Lee, Seung-Ook Lee, Christina Moon, Bae-Gyoon Park, Hyun Bang Shin
Volatile Territorialities::North Korea’s special economic zones and the geopolitical economy of urban developmentalism
Get PDFVolatile Territorialities::North Korea’s special economic zones and the geopolitical economy of urban developmentalism
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Get PDFFirst person – Jamie Whitelaw
Get PDFFirst Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Jamie Whitelaw is first author on ‘ CYRI-B loss promotes enlarged mature focal adhesions and restricts microtubule and ERC1 access to the cell leading edge’, published in JCS. Jamie conducted the research described in this article while a post-doctoral researcher in Prof. Laura Machesky's lab at CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow, UK. He is now a Lecturer at University of the West of Scotland, Blantyre, investigating host–pathogen interactions with a focus on the role of the host cytoskeleton
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