Introduction In the fifth ASEAN+three (ten nations belonging to the Association of South-East Asian Nations plus Korea, Japan and China) meeting held in Brunei in…
Country or Region: Southeast Asia
Abstract This paper mainly discusses Japan and China’s competitive economic relations with Myanmar in the background of dynamic regional political and economic changes in Asia.…
Abstract What are the Chinese views on Asian multilateralism? To answer this question, this article uses a fresh perspective—social evolution—to look at China’s engagement with…
Abstract An East Asian Summit will be held in Malaysia this December. Like other institutions in the region, the summit will be hosted by ASEAN.…
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 The India-Indonesia strategic engagement is both a reflection of as well as a response to the changing politico-strategic landscape of Asia during the post-Cold…
Abstract Rarely before has such a large and potentially consequential country tried to reform itself politically and economically as Myanmar is now attempting, following an…
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 In 2007, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations attempted to celebrate its 40th founding anniversary with a bang as it was about to set…
Abstract Blessed with a vastly diverse multiracial population comprising a plethora of divergent political views and religious aspirations, Malaysia’s nation-building efforts have been a unique…
Abstract With Japan viewing Southeast Asia as its natural sphere of influence and a region of immense economic complementarities and potential, it was no surprise…
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…
Abstract The rise of China provides a major challenge to the United States, the undisputed hegemon in the Asia-Pacific region since the second world war.…
Abstract In the early 1990s, ASEAN emerged from the Cold War as a confident regional organization. With the accession of Cambodia, it seemed to be…
