Abstract Asian multilateralism has been a relatively recent development. It differs from that elsewhere and reflects the history and characteristics of the region. It has…
Country or Region: China
Abstract T. J. Pempel’s core argument is that under the Bush administration, ‘domestic political drivers’ led to a ‘militarization and unilateralization’ of American foreign policy…
Abstract This article attempts to construct an overview of Japan’s defence problematique in the post‐cold war era. Its approach is to survey the historical legacies…
Abstract Looking to China’s imperial history to understand how China as a great power will behave in the twenty-first century, some scholars have rediscovered the…
Abstract Some recent scholarly analysis of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) has suggested that the main impetus behind the creation of the new security organization…
Abstract Ever since the discovery of China by Western nations the West has continually tried to gain access to China, and sometime even to understand…
Abstract The ongoing dispute over the ownership and control of the Diaoyutai/Senkaku islands raises several issues of great significance to the wider security environment of…
Abstract The article examines Tokyo’s efforts to link the Philippine and the Japanese security spokes in the face of Beijing’s moves to widen the cleavage…
Abstract China is aggressively looking worldwide for oil. The major Chinese state oil companies: China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), and the China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec)…
Abstract This article examines Sino-ASEAN relations in the early twenty-first century through a study of the role of ASEAN and China in their respective foreign…
Abstract he Asia-Pacific region is home to a large and rapidly growing number of preferential trade agreements (PTAs). These agreements differ widely in design, scope…
Abstract This article critically explores the historical transformation of the normative structure of international order brought about by legitimacy contests, and unpacks how power is…
Abstract Can Confucianism enrich Chinese foreign policy? This article seeks to explore major traditions of Confucian foreign policy in imperial Chinese history and suggest their…
Abstract Countries endowed with rich natural resources such as fuels and minerals often fall behind in human development. Does resource endowment hamper human capital development…
Continue reading Zhan, Jing Vivian, Haiyan Duan, and Ming Zeng
Summary In recent years China has overtaken the United States as the world’s leading producer and consumer of energy. Since 2009 China’s energy requirements have…
