Abstract Ever since Myanmar reoriented its foreign policy as a result of its transition to democratic rule in 2010, it has significantly improved its relations…
Country or Region: Southeast Asia
Abstract Both the East and Southeast China Seas have been home to a series of repeated episodes of tension between the People’s Republic of China…
Abstract The privatization stampede represented the ascendancy of neoclassical economics and the view that governments should get out of business and leave the invisible hand…
Continue reading Turner, Mark, Michael O’Donnell, and Kwon Seung-Ho
Abstract The election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States has occasioned intense discussion over the likely shape of his administration’s…
Abstract This essay begins by describing developments in U.S.-Southeast Asia relations during the Obama administration and then outlines challenges that the Trump administration will face…
Abstract The United States was formally elevated to the status of strategic dialogue partner to ASEAN last November. […E]ngagement at every opportunity, including through ASEAN’s…
Abstract This short essay looks at the ADMM-Plus from the perspective of the Republic of Korea (ROK) to clarify the country’s expectations for the grouping…
Abstract The main strength of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) is basically the same as that of other ASEAN-centered multilateral dialogue platforms: inclusiveness. In…
Abstract This essay will first review Japan’s regional defense diplomacy strategies and participation in the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus). The second section will then…
Abstract India sees a role for itself in shaping Asia’s emerging security and economic architecture. The Indian view, stated clearly by Shri Anil Wadhwa, then…
Abstract This essay first examines the achievements of the ADMM-Plus and its benefits for China. It then analyzes the concept of defense diplomacy in Chinese…
Abstract This essay discusses the strategic utility of the ADMM-Plus for ASEAN. The first part provides a cursory review of the development of the grouping…
Summary The history of the South China Sea is a catalyst of international cooperation and conflict. Security in the Indo-Asia-Pacific is largely governed by command…
Summary Deepening regionalism in Asia demands new leadership. Strong elites who are committed to a supranational identity are a minimum requirement of successful regionalism. Regional…
Abstract Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop declared in September 2017 that the emerging US-India-Japan-Australia Indo-Pacific “quadrilateral dialogue” would be founded on “respect for international law…
