Abstract Maritime security in East Asia is essential to the peace and prosperity of the world. Today, serious problems in this domain have arisen in…
Country or Region: Southeast Asia
Abstract The Chinese policy and academic communities have mixed views about the US-led TPP, either viewing it as a strategic attempt at encircling China, or…
Abstract There is a growing consensus among policymakers and academics that internationalization of domestic firms will create jobs and wealth, yet relatively little is known…
Introduction The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs sat down with Marc Mealy, Vice President of Policy for the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, to discuss U.S.-ASEAN relations…
Abstract The World Trade Organization (WTO) (formerly GATT) was established primarily to achieve free trade across the globe based on the principle of non-discrimination and…
Abstract The paper analyses the new geo-political and geo-economic strategic relationship between China and Southeast Asia. Is Chinese soft power encroachment into Southeast Asia creating…
Abstract The main objective of this paper is to answer the question why the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should play a central role…
Introduction With the completion of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, economists and policymakers have turned their attention toward the trade agreement’s implications for Southeast Asian economies.…
Abstract The purpose of the paper is to examine the economic impact of China on Southeast Asian countries, mainly in terms of trade and investment.…
Introduction The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs sat down with Bill Hayton, a longtime reporter for the BBC whose latest book, The South China Sea:…
Abstract This article examines the situations in the South China Sea (SCS) and East China Sea (ECS) and the reasons for recent political and strategic…
Abstract Taking a point of departure in the fluid political and economic landscape of East and Southeast Asia, this paper focuses on ethnic Chinese SME…
Abstract This article explains the emerging security dynamics in the Asia-Pacific in the context of the project to establish an “Asian Community”. Although the model…
Abstract ASEAN’s development, though gradual and slow, has consistently demonstrated an uphill shift from a focus on regional peace and stability to closer economic integration.…
Introduction The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has undertaken a policy of Pyongjin (“parallel track”) in seeking to simultaneously develop its nuclear weapons capacity…
