Abstract This paper compares the current global financial crisis with the one that struck East Asia a little more than a decade ago. The analysis…
Country or Region: Japan
Abstract Political economists have long noted that the prospects for trade liberalization diminish in a climate of economic recession. A stagnant economy intensifies the burden…
Abstract The global financial crisis of 2008–09 presented a critical challenge to East Asian regional financial cooperation. Over a decade of efforts to reduce regional…
Abstract After the devastating experience of the Asian financial crisis more than ten years ago, East Asia launched regional economic cooperation efforts. East Asia’s mixed…
Abstract Since the mid-2000s it has become common, although far from universal, to characterise the world as ‘multipolar’. There has, however, been scant attention to…
Abstract This article explores Japan’s relative decline and its responses to the changing global balance of power through a case study of one symptom of…
Summary This year’s Energy Security Report examines how Asia’s rising energy demand, coupled with angst over high prices and the reliability of future supplies, is…
Summary Oil is the world’s most important commodity. It is also one of the most politicized, with national oil companies controlling most of the world’s…
Abstract How do military allies find each other more dependable on security issues, instead of becoming less comfortable relying on each other? How do potential…
Abstract Domestic strategic preferences among state elites to prioritize economic and technological facets of national security have played a significant role in shaping the foreign…
Abstract Mochizuki and Porter question whether the victory in the July 2013 national election – which finally established a stable government in Japan for the…
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Introduction In late 2011 and early 2012, the Obama administration rolled out its most significant strategic policy decision: the ‘rebalancing’ of its foreign- and defence-policy…
Abstract The failure of talks between China and Japan to solve the dispute over maritime delimitation in the East China Sea reveals the absence of…
Abstract There is increasing concern in Japan that the growth and aggressiveness of the Chinese military could negatively affect Japanese security. Indeed, Japanese policy concerning…
Abstract Many Chinese and Japanese authorities believe Taiwan is essential to their respective states’ national security due to the island’s geographic centrality and beneficial proximity…
