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Born in New Zealand, Robert Kelly is a professor of international relations at Pusan National University in South Korea. He has written extensively on the international politics of East Asia, including "Diplomacy of Strength: Japan, China, and the South China Sea" (2015), "Jukdo: The Forgotten Island at the Heart of Northeast Asian Geopolitics" (2019), and "Uneasy Neighbors: China-Japan Relations in the 21st Century" (2021).