Abstract Northeast Asia is a particularly complex area in the world, especially in terms of security. China advocates a new concept of security based on…
Country or Region: China
Abstract The Sino-Japanese dispute over the arrest of the Chinese fishing trawler captain is the most serious bilateral incident since 1952. Japan took an action…
Abstract China’s rise and clear ambition to change Asia poses both tactical and strategic questions, long neglected in Japan. Tactically, territorial challenges can be countered…
Abstract To satisfy its demand for energy, Japan continues to rely heavily on oil imported from the Middle East. Increasing geopolitical uncertainty in the region…
Abstract After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, US measures to improve counter-terrorism and maritime security in the Malay Archipelago, home to the world’s…
Abstract This article proposes an open and multi-tiered economic and financial system with introduction of an Asian common currency as a form for the Post…
Abstract This article traces the evolution of heightened Chinese expectations and the resultant spike in national identity in 2010, using a six-dimensional framework: 1) ideological,…
Abstract In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and the Bush administration’s policy changes, Chinese strategic specialists are engaged in a…
Abstract The paper aims to examine economic interdependence and balancing power politics, and their mixed implications for regional institution building in East Asia based on…
Abstract Over the last decade, essentially since the Asian crisis of 1997–98, the economic integration of Northeast Asia has been marked by three overarching trends.…
Abstract This article argues that offensive realism is applicable to explain China’s strategic behavior. Contrary to constructivist and liberal arguments, ideational and domestic factors are…
Abstract Global climate change is now one of the biggest challenges facing humankind in the twenty-first century. It is occurring at a time when China’s…
Abstract Japan has long played the role as the main operating base for Korean contingencies. It has also provided rear-area logistic support to the US…
Abstract The notion of oil security on a global scale is problematic because of the diverging perspectives with which oil-importing countries and oil-exporting countries view…
Abstract The South China Sea (SCS) territorial disputes have become one of the most significant security challenges in the East Asian Supercomplex (EAS). Described in…
