Abstract The international order in East Asia has been anchored on four pillars. The first pillar is the 1952 San Francisco peace treaty between the…
Country or Region: China
Abstract While the analysis of normative power has dominated the debates in European international relations studies for the past 20 years, this topic has hardly…
Abstract The aim of this article is to analyze the rationale and likely impacts of Chinese military modernization, which seems focused to work as China’s…
Abstract During the Xinhai revolution, China faced contending domestic identities, and its roles within the international order were assigned by external powers. In the 100…
Abstract Although the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) has made significant progress providing confidence-building mechanisms, it remains inconsistent in moving towards a shared goal of collective…
Abstract A strategic choice is fast approaching between accepting China’s sub-regional hegemony and pushing back through strategies that would impose costs. During the course of…
Abstract Since the Soviet Union’s collapse and North Korea’s subsequent deep economic crisis, China’s economic and diplomatic support has been vital to the Northern regime’s…
Abstract In June 2010, the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan signed the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), a preferential trade agreement, which is arguably…
Introduction The new constraints on, and monitoring of, Iran’s nuclear programme could be held as the gold standard for a strengthened non-proliferation regime. The new…
Abstract This article examines the Philippines’ strategy of external balancing against an aggressive China as it intensifies its security ties with the United States, its…
Abstract If Xi’s project fails, we can expect an economic and geopolitical Chinese withdrawal, extremely dangerous for both China and the world. Against an international…
Abstract This paper examines the current defense doctrine of the Republic of China (Taiwan), including its evolution – from the offensive approach during the first…
Abstract Officially adopted at the 17th Communist Party Congress in 2007, China’s soft-power strategy combines an intense and extremely active promotion of China, in both…
Abstract The rise of China and its bigger implications within the international system raise the questions of Beijing’s vision of multipolarity. Alongside its growing economic…
Abstract This study aims to analyze the possibility of a multilateral Northeast Asian free-trade agreement (FTA), a China–Japan–Korea FTA (CJK FTA), and estimates the optimal…
