Abstract: China’s economy and its military capabilities have grown significantly in the last three decades, yet Southeast Asian countries responded differently to China’s foreign policy.…
Country or Region: Southeast Asia
Preview: Despite short-term perturbations, however, nuclear power’s massive sunk-cost structure and embeddedness in national energy plans have made massive changes in the field unlikely in…
Preview: In this essay, we explore how Asia’s auto boom will shape its energy and environmental security outlook and identify options for how policymakers and…
Preview: The South China Sea disputes center on a noxious combination of nationalism, historical revisionism, and a contest over whether fundamental principles of international law,…
Abstract: Proponents of the Indo-Pacific concept assume that growing economic and societal linkages and the need for greater political and security cooperation and order-building are…
Abstract: Infrastructure is an emerging component of Australian diplomacy. In recent years, many infrastructure and connectivity (I&C) programs have been launched in the Indo-Pacific, designed…
Abstract: Since the Cold War, South-East Asia has been marked by a period of relative calm and stability. Yet this peace belies ongoing tensions, mistrust…
Abstract: This article examines how role theory can enhance the middle-power literature in understanding the role preferences of middle powers. Rather than treating it as…
Abstract: Japan has a national interest in the South China Sea issue. Although its direct commitment is ultimately limited in a material sense due to…
Abstract: The mainstream literature on weak status quo states’ diplomacy tends to identify their regional security roles in terms of dealing with non-traditional security issues.…
Abstract: This article examines contemporary perceptions and the corresponding responses of Southeast Asian states vis-à-vis India–China maritime competition. Specifically, it examines the cases of Singapore,…
Summary: This essay argues that “self-reliance” and “proactive international integration”—the two driving concepts in Vietnamese foreign policy since the Doi Moi (open door) era—are increasingly…
Preview: For much of the post–Cold War period, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has acted both as a buffer between the great powers…
Preview: [..D]espite initial signs that Jokowi [President Joko Widodo] may be steering away from the foreign policy path forged by his predecessor [Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono],…
Preview: I argue that a relationship of strategic interdependence has taken shape between China and the ASEAN states. Each side views the other as an…
