Abstract Long accustomed to a seat on the sidelines of East Asian affairs, Russia now finds itself sought after as an energy and military partner,…
Country or Region: Southeast Asia
Abstract Announced in 2010, Russia’s “Turn to the East” is aimed at reducing the country’s economic dependence on the West and to take advantage of…
Abstract Indonesia is frequently mentioned as an emerging player in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping, but its role has been understudied compared to other emerging powers.…
Abstract The deterioration of Russia’s relations with the West over the Crimea in 2014, and the ongoing crisis in the Ukraine, has led to a…
Summary Addressing the apparent tensions between modernity and sustainability in Southeast Asia, this book offers novel insights into the global challenge of moving towards a…
Summary When Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, paid an official visit to China in May 1974, it secured Malaysia a place in the…
Summary Forty years after the Bangkok Declaration, which established the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a new document was drafted as a result of…
Summary With contributions from some of the most well-known scholars and knowledgeable insiders in the field of South China Sea studies, this book offers an…
Abstract The Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) faces monumental challenges derived from institutional and financial accountability, as well as the ability to deliver on…
Abstract Despite change in the aims, institutions and informal diplomacy of ASEAN since 1997, the formal diplomatic code of conduct remains locked in a traditionalist…
Abstract Resource nationalism is on the rise around the globe. During the recent global resource boom, many governments have adopted nationalistic policies to maximise the…
Abstract Over the past two decades, several regional cooperation programs were initiated by multilateral and bilateral donors to address concerns about the development gap in…
Abstract Sound macroeconomic and financial fundamentals, plus quick and forceful fiscal policy responses contributed to Thailand’s and Indonesia’s economic recovery in the aftermath of the…
Abstract The economic reforms implemented by the Thein Sein government face several challenges, some of which continue from the past military regime and some of…
Abstract Trade and investment reforms in Laos since the mid-1980s have boosted natural resource-based exports, underpinning recent economic growth. A high proportion of the proceeds…
