Abstract For several decades, Northeast Asia has invested heavily in ASEAN’s fossil fuel industries. This investment has been fundamental in ASEAN’s industrial and regional development…
Country or Region: Japan
Abstract The consecutive and rapid economic growth needs a large amount of energy supply to fuel in the East Asia region. Although reaching some achievements,…
Abstract The Fukushima nuclear disaster is a special case: a major twin natural disaster (earthquake and tsunami) incited a large-scale technological disaster, which resulted in…
Abstract Russia’s national interests require strengthening its energy cooperation with China, Japan, Korea, and other countries in Northeast Asia. Russia needs a balanced well thought…
Abstract The three major oil importing countries of Northeast Asia—China, Japan and South Korea—are concerned about future security of energy supplies to fuel their dynamic…
Summary Two Crises, Different Outcomes examines East Asian policy reactions to the two major crises of the last fifteen years: the global financial crisis of 2008–9…
Abstract Japan is enigmatic in many different ways. For instance, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)’s long-lasting resilience in free elections intrigues many Western political scientists.…
Summary Crossing disciplinary boundaries, this volume offers a rare forum for a serious analysis of the territorial dispute over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands between China and…
Abstract This article focuses on the current arguments and geopolitical visions regarding the organizational shifts in Europe and the Eurasian region and the means for…
Abstract The purpose of this article is to explore the perspective that the Abe Cabinet’s replacement of the 1967 Three Principles of Arms Exports (TPAE)…
Summary The 1970s were a period of dramatic change in relations between Japan and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The two countries established diplomatic…
Abstract This article demonstrates that a national identity defined by a normative commitment to peace is not necessarily an antidote to remilitarisation and war. More…
Abstract Why do interstate relations deteriorate and become conflictual, even under conditions where one might expect improved ties? The article seeks an answer to this…
Abstract Is the phrase, “History controls Korea-Japan relations,” the most accurate assessment of the situation? Some experts contend that the relationship after World War II…
Abstract India’s northeastern states are strategically important and are endowed with reserves of a variety of natural resources such as uranium, coal, hydrocarbons, forests, oil,…
