Current Publications
Frank R. North Korea as a Beneficiary of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. 38 North. 2022 Mar 16;2022(3).
Frank R. The 2022 Session of the North Korean Legislature: Strengthening Import Substitution and State Control While the Economy Stagnates. 38 North. 2022 Feb 10;2022(2).
Frank R. Not monolithic: The need to better understand North Korea’s internal dynamics. NKPro. 2022 Jan 7;2022(1).
Frank R. North Korea’s Strategic Vision for 2022: Focus on Rural Development. 38 North. 2022 Jan 1;2022(1).
Frank R. The Likelihood of Economic Reforms in North Korea: A Systematic Approach. Global Asia. 2021 Sep;16(3):82-88.
Gerstl A. The Gradual Softening of the Philippines’ Hedging Strategy towards China under President Duterte. Vestnik NSU. Series: History and Philology. 2021 Feb 1;20(1):46-56. doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2021-20-1-46-56
Gerstl A, Wallenböck U. China's Belt and Road Initiative: Strategic and Economic Impacts on Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central Eastern Europe . Abingdon und New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2021. 234 p.
Mandl M, Purkarthofer F. Junge Wiener Ostasienwissenschaften. Asien: the German journal on contemporary Asia. 2021;158/159:7-10.
Mandl M, (ed.), Purkarthofer F, (ed.). Junge Wiener Ostasienwissenschaften. Hamburg: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde DGA, 2021. 255 p. (Asien: the German journal on contemporary Asia, Vol. 158/159).
Gerstl A. Making analytic sense of the Belt and Road Initiative: a plea for multi- and trans-disciplinary approaches and eclecticism. In China's Belt and Road Initiative: Strategic and Economic Impacts on Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central Eastern Europe . 2021. p. 1-20
Mandl M. Taiwan with a Side of New Public Diplomacy — The Gastrodiplomacy of Taiwan’s Representative Offices as Served in Berlin, Bern, and Vienna. Asien: the German journal on contemporary Asia. 2021;158/159:62-85.
Gerstl A. Malaysia’s Hedging Strategy Towards China Under Mahathir Mohamad (2018–2020): Direct Engagement, Limited Balancing, and Limited Bandwagoning. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. 2020 Dec 7;49(1):106-131. doi.org/10.1177/1868102620964219
Frank R. The 2020 Parliamentary Session in North Korea: Self-Criticism and Dubious Optimism Concerning Economic Development. 38 North. 2020 Apr 13.
Gerstl A. Governance along the New Silk Roads in Southeast Asia and Central and Eastern Europe: A Comparison of ASEAN and 16(17)+1. JEBAT: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics & Strategic Studies. 2020 Apr 1;47(1):121-149.
Frank R. Challenging the Korean Fear of High Costs: German Unification as a Win-Win Situation. In Firms, Institutions, and the State in East Asia. Marburg: Metropolis. 2020. p. 357-374