Abstract This article examines the Philippines’ strategy of external balancing against an aggressive China as it intensifies its security ties with the United States, its…
Country or Region: Southeast Asia
Abstract The most under-reported aspect of the Arctic’s growing importance is its impact upon Asia’s international relations. There is an enormous need for energy due…
Abstract The relational turn of IR stresses the processual constitution of the state. The indigenous theory of Chinese IR adopts the relational turn but contends…
Summary In recent years, Asia’s economic and strategic environment has been transformed in a fundamental sense. The emerging ‘Asian Economic Community’—encompassing ASEAN, China, Japan, India…
Abstract This article assesses the extent to which Singapore has been willing to facilitate the rebalancing strategy of the United States, despite a number of…
Abstract This paper tries to explain the evolving relations between the recent domestic political changes in Myanmar and the role of regional integration as they…
Abstract This paper explores how to keep a balance between liberalistic and realistic perspectives in Korea’s free trade agreement (FTA) with China by analyzing nations’…
Abstract In the 21st century, nuclear security (NS) risks are more tangible with the probability of nuclear weapons and materials falling into the hands of…
Abstract How does a small power respond and adjust to a fluid and potentially dangerous strategic balancing by major powers generated by a territorial dispute?…
Summary One of Asia’s best-respected writers on business and economy, Hong Kong-based author Mark L. Clifford provides a behind-the-scenes look at what companies in China,…
Abstract Indonesia’s geo-strategic position, its huge archipelagic disposition and its large population, which accounts for close to two-fifths of Southeast Asia’s total population, can be…
Abstract Southeast Asia’s international shipping lanes (ISL) are essential to the economic security of the Asia-Pacific region. Maintaining good order at sea serves to protect…
Abstract The history of the conflicting maritime claims in the South China Sea, focussing particularly on the recent disputes between China and Vietnam/the Philippines. The…
Continue reading Hong, Zhao, Yaqing Qin, Mu Yang, And Wei Ling
Abstract While the term “blue economy” has found increasing traction with a variety of stakeholders (both state and non-state) in the recent past, a working…
Summary This book presents a conceptualization of social emergence in international relations as a novel angle to analyse institutional dynamics in East Asia, introducing the…
