Abstract: The situation in Southeast Asia brings attention not only to the regional countries, but also to the great powers. The growing People’s Republic of…
Country or Region: Southeast Asia
Abstract: The paper explores the development of Vietnam’s bilateral defense diplomacy with world and regional powers including the United States, India, and Japan, with a…
Abstract: This paper discusses Vietnam’s security cooperation with the United States in three phases. Following the end of the Vietnam War in the 1970s, Vietnam…
Abstract: China’s disputes with its South East Asian neighbours and Japan in the South and East China Seas have emerged as important tests of the…
Abstract: Disputing research that depicts weak states getting overwhelmed by China’s financial might, this article argues that the political elites in a relatively weak and…
Abstract: The policies of Going Out and Good Neighbor have worked in tandem to direct Chinese diplomacy toward Southeast Asia over the past decades. This…
Abstract: As the two most significant Asian powers, competition in infrastructure sectors in Asia between China and Japan is inevitable. Japan is a long-established developer…
Abstract: The general situation of the South China Sea in 2017 is easing with an obvious increase of regional cooperation. However,under the apparent calmness, there…
Abstract: It has been over six years since the idea of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was first publicised. While the importance of BRI…
Abstract: The “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) initiative—Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature project and strategic master plan that promotes infrastructure connectivity with foreign countries—has been…
Abstract: Although the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor (BCIM-EC) has the potential to enhance economic and geo-strategic benefits of the four participating countries in the long run,…
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Abstract: Economic growth and arms race are interesting phenomena in Southeast Asia. Contrary to the view of a majority of scholars that arms race has…
Abstract: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), one of the largest investment institutions in the world, was established in 2015. The launch of the China-initiated…
Abstract: The Lancang–Mekong Cooperation (LMC) mechanism, in which China plays a leading role, was officially launched in March 2016 as a result of China’s need…
Abstract: The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) was launched at the end of 2015. It is an ongoing project towards a single market and is envisioned…
