Summary Verico discusses the ASEAN economic integration from dual perspectives of time span (trade, investment and finance) and framework (bilateral, sub-regional, regional and regional plus).…
Country or Region: Southeast Asia
Summary Now available in paperback, the Routledge Handbook of South Asian Economics addresses the recent economic transformation in South Asia. Leading experts in the field…
Summary This volume investigates the nature of threats facing, or perceived as facing, some of the key players involved in Asian maritime politics. The articles…
Summary An understanding of the role of energy-related governance systems and the conditions required for a shift towards renewables in developing countries is urgently needed…
Summary This book devises an innovative new way of explaining how socioeconomic orders shape capitalism in Asia. Hundt and Uttam go beyond both the ‘varieties…
Summary International production networks in manufacturing, particularly in machinery industries, have rapidly developed over the last two decades, resulting in dramatic increases in intra-regional and…
Continue reading Harvie, Charles, Dionisius Narjoko, and Sothea Oum
Summary Studies of the escalating tensions and competing claims in the South China Sea overwhelmingly focus on China and its increasingly assertive approach, while the…
Summary Indonesia is the largest archipelago state in the world comprising 17,480 islands, with a maritime territory measuring close to 6 million square kilometres. It…
Summary ASEAN has declared its intention to create a security community in Southeast Asia that is people-orientated. This book evaluates ASEAN’s progress, and in doing…
Publication Date: 2018 Arming Asia: Technonationalism and its Impact on Local Defense Industries Summary Bitzinger examines the phenomenon of attempted self-reliance in arms production within Asia,…
Abstract The paper first conducts an analysis of the patterns and trends in the business regulatory systems in ASEAN countries over time, which reveals the…
Abstract One of the biggest challenges for the East Asian region today is the Sino-Japanese relationship. Starting with the fishing trawler incident in September 2010,…
Continue reading Singh, Bhubhindar, Sarah Teo, and Benjamin Ho
Abstract On 12 July 2016, the Arbitral Tribunal in the case between the Philippines and China delivered its award. The Tribunal’s ruling represents a sweeping…
Abstract Alfred Thayer Mahan, the founder of sea power theory, noted that control of ocean was a great influence on the rise and fall of…
Abstract This article utilizes the elements of leadership, political performance and national interests to understand China’s foreign policy decision-making process. In contrast to a state-centred…
