Abstract While existing studies show that China has been a norm-taker in accommodating to the norms of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)…
Country or Region: Southeast Asia
Abstract The national rebuilding of Afghanistan has entered a new stage and the Istanbul Process is at a critical juncture. In order to better understand…
Abstract Since Xi Jinping was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in November 2012, the Chinese leadership has made a series…
Abstract This article provides a summary of China’s new strategic foreign initiatives under Xi Jinping’s leadership. These initiatives include the “One Belt, One Road” proposal,…
Abstract In view of China’s “going out” programme, this article argues that mainland Chinese firms have not made significant breakthroughs in the Southeast Asian automobile…
Abstract Over the last two decades, China has experienced one of the most dramatic and sustained periods of economic growth in world history. China’s use…
Abstract Vying for high-speed railway projects overseas has become a prominent feature of China’s diplomacy in recent years, including in Southeast Asia. These efforts have…
Abstract Looking back over the last 30 years, culture as an explanatory factor has been in retreat. Today, however, with the determined reassertion of Islamic…
Abstract The study of international relations in or of Asia is no longer atheoretical, as was the case only three decades ago, when the Pacific…
Abstract This paper analyses ASEAN’s prominence in regional order negotiation and management in Southeast Asia and the Asia-pacific through the lens of social role negotiation.…
Summary Philippine political history, especially in the twentieth century, challenges the image of democratic evolution as serving the people, and does so in ways that…
Summary In the midst of refugee crises, terrorist attacks and territorial disputes across the globe, nationalism remains a powerful force in generating affects of inclusion…
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Summary Starting with a typology of ASEAN external agreements, the authors go on to provide an original reading of plurilateral agreements as ‘joint’ agreements. The…
Summary Indonesia is undergoing a process of rapid change, with an affluent middle class due to hit 141 million people by 2020. While official statistics…
Summary This book examines the changes in Indonesian foreign policy during the 21st century as it seeks to establish itself as a great power in…
