► A strategy of naming and shaming, especially in dealing with human rights issues, is difficult to achieve in the short-run: thus, expecting the Xi Jinping regime to make quick fundamental changes is difficult especially since the strategy is, by nature, a long-term approach. ► It is imperative that the United States consolidate a multi-layered coalition to promote American leadership and to de...

► Although the past cannot tell us how to act in the present, it might be useful to reflect upon the global history of the boycott to think more clearly and creatively about what is at stake in navigating South Korea's current dilemma. ► The original spirit of boycott would require more than a snub by government officials: it would demand a shunning by the international community a...

► For South Korea’s Moon Jae-in government, a diplomatic boycott would come as a major disappointment, especially as President Moon seeks to re-engage North Korea in his final months in office. ► Although Seoul need not follow suit on every position and stance Washington takes in response towards Chinese actions in the region, it would be in the next South Korean government’s interest to build a ...