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…
Country or Region: Southeast Asia
Abstract: Since 2011, Myanmar has undertaken a series of domestic and foreign policy reforms, including democratisation and peacebuilding, before and after the watershed November 2015…
Abstract: This article contributes to the discussion about China’s divisive influence on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It argues that recent China–ASEAN relations…
Abstract: East Asia has many distinctive features that set it apart from other comparable regions, not least attitudes to regional development and cooperation. Despite a…
Abstract: This article proposes a new concept of ‘contested multilateralism 2.0’ to describe the puzzling institutional building efforts by non-ASEAN members after the 2008 global…
Abstract: Japan is abandoning its once unidirectional foreign security policy towards the USA, two notable examples of which are its increasingly comprehensive and substantial security…
Abstract: The fall of Suharto’s regime brought substantial changes in relations between Indonesia and China, and unleashed diverse perceptions of China. Reasons for these changes…
Abstract: This article focuses on South Asia’s role in China’s Maritime Silk Road (MSR) initiative. Given the saliency of this MSR enterprise as part of…
Abstract: Has the ‘ASEAN Way’ – a set of rules of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) centered on the principle of non-interference and…
Abstract: This article examines the rise of China from the perspective of three selected countries – the Philippines, Vietnam, and Malaysia – in Southeast Asia.…
Abstract: East Asia is still politically and diplomatically divided while increasingly becoming integrated economically. East Asian states, excluding Japan, share a common experience in that…
Abstract: The status of maritime features is one of the core issues in the South China Sea Arbitration. The essence of this issue is territorial…
Abstract: China’s assertiveness in the South China Sea has drawn international attention, especially in the past decade. Yet China has not always resorted to assertive…
Abstract: The Sino-Vietnamese relationship is characterized by asymmetry, yet Vietnam’s post-Cold War foreign policy towards China encompasses three paradigms: (a) internal and external balancing against…
Abstract: This article examines the implications of Japan’s strategic partnerships with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member-countries on its foreign aid policy. Although there…
