Abstract Within the first year of Xi Jinping’s elevation to the presidency, China has moved further ahead on its path to achieving primacy in the…
Country or Region: China
Abstract This article examines recent developments in the South China Sea; in particular, the China-Vietnam relationship. The developments are presented in the broader context of…
Abstract Over the past 10 years, South Korea has chosen inconsistent strategies with respect to the US–South Korea alliance. On the one hand, Seoul disagreed…
Abstract China’s oil and petrochemical industry is under administrative monopoly. Administrative monopoly, according to the Unirule Institute of Economics, refers to trade monopoly from concessions…
Abstract Unlike those who blame the other side or structural forces beyond one’s control for the current Sino-Japanese tensions, this paper offers a theoretical insight…
Abstract To debtors, creditors can be like dictators. Governments in financial trouble often turn to the International Monetary Fund as supplicants, and acting at the…
Excerpt Over the past several years, the most talked-about trend in the global economy has been the so-called rise of the rest, which saw the…
Excerpt Arvind Subramanian claims that China will unquestionably replace the United States as the dominant global power in the next two decades (“The Inevitable Superpower,”…
Excerpt Debate about the future of U.S.-Chinese relations is currently being driven by a more assertive Chinese foreign and security policy over the last decade,…
Excerpt The idea that we live in an increasingly interconnected and turbulent world is something of a cliché — yet true and important nevertheless. Decisions…
Excerpt Coal, the rock that fueled the industrial age, is once again remaking the global energy landscape. Over the past decade, while most of the…
Abstract As relations between Japan and China change due to a paradigm shift that has occurred over the past few years, the need for a…
Excerpt According to a growing chorus of pundits and economists, China — already the world’s most prolific exporter, largest sovereign creditor, and second-largest economy —…
Excerpt Many fear that in the not-too-distant future, the world will be torn apart as the gulf that separates China and the United States grows…
Abstract This article first reviews the past 25 years, during which the international political situation as well as international economics and finance underwent major structural…
