Professor Florig's homepage

A student leader of the 1960s once suggested that everybody in the world should be able to vote in the American presidential election since the United States profoundly affects the lives of everybody on the planet. So many international students have so many questions about the United States. This website collects my materials on American Studies and International Relations and provides links for further study. I hope it helps. We are just beginning to learn how to use the net to open up the world and open up minds.

Electronic Textbook on International and U.S. Studies

Obamarama

Bush Watch Page

The Power of Presidential Ideologies
In 1992 I published a study of how political ideas influenced presidential policies from Franklin Roosevelt through the first George Bush. I have updated and greatly expanded the original version with new text, graphics, and links that make use of the power of the internet as a research and educational tool.

Selected Contents Translated into Korean

My Articles on American Foreign Policy

American Values in Conflict: Democracy vs. Empire

From the Cold War into the 21st Century:
Change and Continuity in American Hegemonic Strategy

The Bush Administration, the North Korean Nuclear Crisis, and the Future of Multilateralism in Northeast Asia

The Bush Administration and the Range of Policy Options toward North Korea

The U.S.-North Korea Relationship after the 2004 Presidential Election

Two Visions of Convergence in Northeast Asia: The Bush Administration, North Korean Nuclear Weapons, and the Regional Powers

Frictions in the U.S.-South Korea Alliance

Myths and Realities about the "New" Terrorism

Globalization and the American Way of Thinking

Leadership and Hegemony in the 2000 American Presidential Election: Issues Affecting East Asia

My Articles on American Politics

Teaching America

The Significance of the 2004 Election

The 2002 American Midterm: The Bush Victory in Historical Perspective

Leadership and Hegemony in the 2000 American Presidential Election:
Issues Affecting East Asia

The Clinton Administration in Historical Perspective

The Historic Shift in the Regional Bases
of American Political Parties

Ideological Majorities, Presidential Initiatives,
and Policy Change

If I were president: My modest proposal for a new American agenda

My Research on the Asia-Pacific

Scenarios for the Pacific Century

The Bush Administration, the North Korean Nuclear Crisis, and the Future of Multilateralism in Northeast Asia

The Bush Administration and the Range of Policy Options toward North Korea

The U.S.-North Korea Relationship after the 2004 Presidential Election

Two Visions of Convergence in Northeast Asia: The Bush Administration, North Korean Nuclear Weapons, and the Regional Powers

Frictions in the U.S.-South Korea Alliance

The Nuclear Impasse on the Korean Peninsula: The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same

Democratization in Korea: Achievements and Remaining Tasks
(prepared for the Kim Dae Jung Peace Foundation on the Anniversary of Kim Dae Jung's Nobel Prize Award)

Leadership and Hegemony in the 2000 American Presidential Election:
Issues Affecting East Asia

Review of Parallax Visions by Bruce Cumings

Democratization in the Pacific Research, Table of Contents

Get the official version from the U.S. embassy in Seoul
A wealth of data, a window into the mind of American officials

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