Summary Robert A. Manning debunks key myths about the oil industry: that the world is running out of oil, that the Caspian Basin is the…
Country or Region: Southeast Asia
Summary Traditionally, energy security has been defined as adequate, affordable and reliable supplies of energy. This book presents the different perspectives on energy security of…
Summary An overarching ambiguity characterizes East Asia today. The region has at least a century-long history of internal divisiveness, war, and conflict, and it remains…
Summary Geopolitics is a crucial element in understanding international relations in East Asia, with major and medium powers competing for influence. This book examines geopolitics…
Summary China’s emergence as a great power is a global concern that can potentially alter the structure of world politics. Its rise is multidimensional, affecting…
Summary Is East Asia heading toward war? Throughout the 1990s, conventional wisdom among U.S. scholars of international relations held that institutionalized cooperation in Europe fosters…
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Summary Driven by rising oil demand and active initiatives, including recent Chinese naval escort of merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden, Asia has become…
Summary Maritime security is of vital importance to the South China Sea, a critical sea route for maritime transport of East Asian countries including China.…
Abstract Russia has been struggling to develop a relationship with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and to be included in Asia-Pacific regionalism. The…
Abstract Southeast Asia faces very large growth in energy demand to fuel electricity generation, industrial processes, transport, and households in the coming decades. The Toyko-based…
Abstract The period from the beginning of the Bush administration in January 2001 to the president’s October 2003 visit to four countries in Southeast Asia1…
Abstract Chinese and American policies toward mainland Southeast Asia exhibit interesting and complicated aspects as both great powers hedge against the future. Beijing has close…
Abstract This article examines contemporary US-Southeast Asia relations as the product of both longstanding forces and a transitioning regional system. First, it highlights systemic forces…
Abstract Relations between China and ASEAN have become critical as the ten Southeast Asian nations face the challenge of proximity to an emerging superpower. In…
Abstract In his article “The Geography of Peace”, Robert Ross postulates that a bipolar regional power balance has emerged in East Asia. This theory is…
