Abstract China’s massive reclamation work in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea between 2013 and 2015 was a turning point in US…
Country or Region: Southeast Asia
Abstract The question concerning the legality of China’s nine dash line has been the subject of arbitration proceedings at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)…
Abstract The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has just recently acquired a two-submarine force and is one of the new submarine operators in the South East…
Abstract The extant literature on alignment behavior has focused primarily on the macro dimensions, i.e. the typology, manifestations and implications of states’ alignment choices vis-à-vis…
Abstract The extant literature on alignment behavior has focused primarily on the macro dimensions, i.e. the typology, manifestations and implications of states’ alignment choices vis-à-vis…
Abstract Inter-state preventive diplomacy (PD) has mostly been regarded as successful in Southeast Asia as evidenced by the absence of inter-state armed conflict. This success…
Abstract In this study I analyze Taiwan’s policy toward the South China Sea dispute. I also examine two options that Taipei may wish to consider…
Summary Combining practical and theoretical approaches, this book addresses the political, legal and economic implications of maritime disputes in East Asia. The maritime disputes in…
Publication Year: 2012 Where China Meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia Summary Thant Myint-U’s Where China Meets India is a vivid,…
Summary Is East Asia heading toward war? Throughout the 1990s, conventional wisdom among U.S. scholars of international relations held that institutionalized cooperation in Europe fosters…
Introduction In recent years, China has started throwing its weight around. It has defied international law and risked violent clashes in the East China and…
Summary The tri-border area (TBA) between the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia is a key hub of terrorist and related criminal activity in Southeast Asia, a…
Abstract This article builds on previous academic works to elucidate a theory as to how Japan’s historical revisionism could have a negative impact on Japan’s…
Introduction On March 18, Amy Searight, the deputy secretary of defense for South and Southeast Asia, told reporters at the opening session of the U.S-Philippine…
Abstract This essay analyses the foundations and future of the Vietnam-US partnership. It shows that Vietnam and the United States have sought to broaden and…
