To David Slater:

Without getting into the whole debate over culture again, may I just point out that your assumption that anyone who rejects a 'cultural approach' must be a rational choice advocate is a complely erroneous one.
Either you are assuming this wrongly or you are categorizing as 'rational choice' falsely every non- cultural argument.
Best regards,
Ellis
Ellis S. Krauss
Professor,
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies University of California, San Diego