Abstract Resource nationalism is on the rise around the globe. During the recent global resource boom, many governments have adopted nationalistic policies to maximise the…
Country or Region: Vietnam
Abstract Over the past two decades, several regional cooperation programs were initiated by multilateral and bilateral donors to address concerns about the development gap in…
Abstract Thanks to doi moi, Vietnam was successful in escaping the poverty trap and emerged as a lower middle-income country in the late 2000s. From that…
Summary The 1990s saw a sea change in East Asian security concerns. The role of the ocean as a highway for trade and a location…
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Summary China has long claimed the ownership of a network of widely-scattered islands and their surrounding waters and resources in the South China Sea. These…
Abstract Against the backdrop of China’s growing assertiveness on sovereign and strategic interests in the South China Sea, territorial disputes in this resource-rich sea area…
Abstract This article examines issues concerning the South China Sea from a Japanese perspective. In contrast to its reticence and hesitant attitude in the 1990s,…
Summary In the midst of growing tensions with China, Japan is deepening its strategic engagement in Southeast Asia. Preserving stability in the South China Sea,…
Abstract This article examines the origins and conduct of Russia’s Asia pivot, analyzes the role Asia plays in Russia’s economic development plans, and assesses Russia’s…
Introduction The Asia-Pacific is emerging as the world’s most militarily significant and challenging region. China’s military has benefited from decades of double-digit growth in investment…
Abstract The consecutive and rapid economic growth needs a large amount of energy supply to fuel in the East Asia region. Although reaching some achievements,…
Abstract This study constructs a potential risk index (PRI) for the 65 U.S.-based commercial nuclear power plant (NPP) sites in relation to their surrounding populations.…
Summary Over the course of the last half century, the growth economies of Southeast Asia – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam –…
Abstract Trade has always defined order and power in the Asia-Pacific. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), while not perfect, can help positively shape regional order, the…
Abstract This article examines the role of ideas in US Army innovation after the Vietnam War. It challenges the view that failure, changes in the…
