Summary Pithy and reflective, this book highlights the key economic and political issues that Australia should currently be considering as a Western country geographically and…
Country or Region: Japan
Abstract The debt crisis in several member states of the euro area has raised doubts on the viability of the European Economic and Monetary Union…
Abstract The development of unconventional gas exploration in the USA, in particular shale gas, caused a revolution in the American and the global gas markets.…
Abstract This article uses research interviews, field research, and critical stakeholder analysis to identify the relevant actors and institutions involved in the Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline…
Abstract On their summit in May 2011, Japan and the EU decided to negotiate on a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA). Against this background, the study…
Abstract China’s gas industry has witnessed a massive expansion and Chinese energy planners envisage a huge development of natural gas in China until 2030. This…
Abstract The recent regionalization in East Asia can be defined in terms of regionalization cum globalization. In the case of Europe, regionalization was originally intended…
Abstract Faced with the dual challenge of depletion of fossil fuels and climate change, three Northeast Asian countries—China, Japan and Korea—introduced green energy initiatives in…
Abstract The global financial crisis (GFC) was widely perceived as accelerating a shift in the centre of global economic gravity towards Asia (Drysdale and Armstrong,…
Abstract The Indian Ocean emerged as a distant source of threat for Japan but became the lifeline of the Japanese economy after World War II.…
Abstract Increased shale gas and shale oil production in the USA will affect global geopolitics and national security considerations. An influx of Qatari LNG into…
Abstract China, Japan, and Korea have begun to engage one another vigorously since the 1997 crisis. As intraregional economic ties have further deepened and broadened,…
Abstract This article revisits a conventional interpretation of Sino-Japanese energy relations from geopolitical and zero-sum viewpoints. Contemporary Sino-Japanese disputes over the East China Sea and…
Abstract Although the economies of East Asia emerged from the global financial crisis of 2008 in comparatively strong positions, they remain structurally embedded within global…
Abstract The Japanese government faces many competing challenges as it seeks to balance its multilateral and bilateral relationships within and beyond the region: whilst addressing…
