Abstract The existing literature on foreign policy formulation suggests that individual leaders in small and politically unstable states exert a disproportionate impact on foreign policy-making.…
Country or Region: Thailand
Abstract The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is Thailand’s current priority and the AEC Blueprint is being progressively implemented in the country. However, different domestic economic…
Continue reading Sermcheep, Sineenat, and Suthiphand Chirathivat
Summary The global financial crisis of 2007-2009 exposed flaws and shortcomings in the global economic architecture, and has sparked an international debate about possible remedies…
Continue reading Kawai, Masahiro, Peter J. Morgan, and Pradumna B. Rana
Abstract This article investigates the history of ASEAN’s relationship to external intervention in regional affairs. It addresses a specific question: What was the basic cause…
Abstract This article studies the roles of Association of Southeast Asian Nations country coordinators in shaping negotiation outcomes, which have been under-examined. A question: ‘What…
Summary The increasing economic and political importance of East Asia in the global political economy requires a deeper analysis of the nature of the…
Abstract The article reports on the development of naval capabilities in the Straits of Malacca, the world’s most important and strategic waterway, as a consequence…
Summary Since the early 1990s and the end of the Cold War, the implications of China’s rising power have come to dominate the security agenda…
Summary This Handbook examines the subject of energy security: its definition, dimensions, ways to measure and index it, and the complicating factors that are often…
Summary Across the world states are seeking out new and secure supplies of energy but this search is manifesting itself most visibly in Asia where…
Summary This book provides a systematic analysis of the current state and future trajectory of security cooperation in the world’s most economically dynamic and strategically…
Abstract Thailand has been witnessing political uncertainties ever since the ouster of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Although the 1997 Constitution of Thailand was one of…
Summary The Mekong countries comprising Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam grew rapidly during the last decade. With the exception…
Abstract Why have Southeast Asian states’ threat perceptions regarding China been reduced significantly over the last 15 years? This article argues it is the result…
Abstract China has a strong interest in pursuing a smart power strategy towards Southeast Asia and has worked laboriously to engage with regional countries economically,…
