Abstract This article investigates the entanglement of the rising Chinese power with the liberal global order in negotiating for normative change. Drawing upon the English…
Country or Region: China
Abstract China and its neighbours are closely bound by geography. The rise of China presents new challenges and opportunities for the development of its neighbourhood…
Abstract The United States has long maintained a significant political, economic and security presence in the Asia–Pacific region and has been a major factor shaping…
Publication Year: 2017 Rethinking South China Sea Disputes: The Untold Dimensions and Great Expectations Summary The proposed book draws on the on-going South China Sea dispute,…
Abstract As the Barack Obama administration moved towards its last year in office, the United States’ relations with ASEAN were ostensibly sound. However, Washington’s future…
Abstract This article reviews Chinese assertive behaviour towards the Philippines and Vietnam over South China Sea issues in 2011. The article compares and contrasts Chinese…
Abstract The year 2009 witnessed important initiatives by the United States and China in Southeast Asia. Evidence of some sharpening of Sino-American competition to protect…
Abstract It would be difficult to overstate the geostrategic and economic importance of Southeast Asia’s maritime domains. The sea lanes of communication (SLOCs) that criss-cross…
Abstract American critics of the Barack Obama administration’s 2011 “pivot to Asia” policy claim that, despite the lofty rhetoric, the United States has pursued an…
Abstract China’s expanding presence in the South China Sea is now a major source of escalating tensions leading to a spiral of confrontation with the…
Abstract As the weakest of the major powers in Asia, India is understandably the least consequential for the ordering of Southeast Asian security. Nevertheless, India’s…
Abstract Why has China’s foreign policy become more assertive since 2009, and what is driving Beijing’s foreign policy orientations? Given the significance of China’s rise…
Abstract This paper presents two sets of arguments: one theoretical and one analytical. The theoretical arguments concern the relationship between regional ordering and systemic change.…
Abstract China’s rising power and increased global activism have attracted increasing attention, with particular focus on whether a stronger China is likely to be a…
Abstract Despite growing asymmetry in material capabilities, Russia has not decided to hedge against China. On the contrary, as has been particularly visible in the…
