This collection of essays covers a wide range of events and issues of contention which have taken place at the local, regional and global levels over the last 10 years: The topics include the north Korean nuclear issue and the six-party talks; South-North Korean relations; four power relations in Northeast Asia; American foreign policy; politics of the Asia-Pacific region and East Asian regionalism; the role of the U.N.; the international political and financial orders; global issues and disasters; and universal values.