Abstract Japan has been a strong supporter of America’s ‘pivot’, or ‘rebalance’, to the Asia-Pacific. Why has it responded in such a way? Japan’s established…
Country or Region: China
Abstract The article assesses China’s Indian Ocean strategy against the backdrop of its naval base development in Djibouti. It argues that China’s naval force posturing…
Abstract This article assesses the extent to which Singapore has been willing to facilitate the rebalancing strategy of the United States, despite a number of…
Abstract Chinese policy elites regard the US rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region as a major strategic challenge that must be met with a determined yet…
Summary Nominally the highest decision-making body in the Chinese Communist Party, the Party Congress is responsible for determining party policy and the selection of China’s…
Abstract The article discusses if China will be inspired by its strategic partner Russia to use force as an instrument of its foreign policy. After…
Abstract Analysis of China’s response to North Korea’s grave provocations confirms that China has been adjusting its policy toward North Korea, considering North Korea’s stability…
Abstract The spectacular scale and speed of China’s domestic renewable energy capacity development and technology catch-up has in recent years been followed by the ‘go…
Summary Many books offer information about China, but few make sense of what is truly at stake. The questions addressed in this unique volume provide…
Summary The Chinese system is like no other known to man, now or in history. This book explains how the system works and where it…
Abstract Based on the perspectives of popular nationalism and state nationalism, this article investigates the current status of nationalism as well as its effects on…
Summary Asian financial systems, which serve the most economically dynamic region of the world, survived the global economic crisis of the last several years. In…
Abstract China’s aggressive rise and strained relations with its Asia-Pacific neighbours—a region with immense economic and strategic potential—have forced the US to forge a strategy…
Summary This book depicts the sophisticated relationship between Russia and China as a pragmatic one, a political marriage of convenience. Yet at the same time,…
Abstract This paper explores how to keep a balance between liberalistic and realistic perspectives in Korea’s free trade agreement (FTA) with China by analyzing nations’…
