Abstract The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are not necessarily two contending trade liberalising models, but their import and arrival…
Country or Region: China
Abstract The Asian seas today are witnessing an intriguing historical anomaly—the simultaneous rises of two homegrown maritime powers against the backdrop of U.S. dominion over…
Abstract Within the framework of the liberal theory of peace, the author analyzes maritime delimitation disputes that have occurred between Japan and China in the…
Summary At the conclusion of World War II, Asia was hardly more than a geographic expression. Yet today we recognize Asia as a vibrant and…
Summary Conventional wisdom holds that China’s burgeoning economic power has reduced the United States to little more than a customer of Beijing. Not so, writes…
Summary The financial crisis that swept across East Asia during 1997–1998 was devastating not only in its economic impact but also in its social and…
Summary Since the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997–98, East Asian economies have sought to make themselves less vulnerable to global financial markets by transforming the…
Summary Chinese society is plagued by many problems that have a direct impact on its current and future business and political environment-worker rights, product safety,…
Summary In Asia’s Flying Geese, Walter F. Hatch tackles the puzzle of Japan’s paradoxically slow change during the economic crisis it faced in the 1990s. Why…
Summary Today’s China is governed by a new economic model that marks a radical break from the Mao and Deng eras; it departs fundamentally from…
Summary As an economic superpower, China has become an increasingly important player in the international monetary system. Its foreign exchange reserves are the largest in…
Summary The world is in a second nuclear age in which regional powers play an increasingly prominent role. These states have small nuclear arsenals, often…
Abstract Russia has tied the success of its efforts to reclaim great power status in Asia to its success in selling China, Japan, and South…
From the article: For long, the US has played a rather ambivalent role in relation to Israeli arms exports. It has acted both as an advocate…
Summary This collection examines new developments in economic and security co-operation in the Asia-Pacific in relation to two recent “shock” events that have significantly impacted…
