Abstract In this article for the Australian Journal of International Affairs, the Lowy Institutes International Security program director Rory Medcalf argues that Indo-Pacific Asia is…
Country or Region: Southeast Asia
Abstract This paper examines the involvement of new modes of governance (NMoG)/new actors, in establishing new regional regulatory frameworks in Southeast Asia. The basis for…
Abstract This article explores perceptions and reactions across Southeast Asia towards the Obama administration’s “pivot” or “rebalance” to Asia. The US approach has been dismissed…
Abstract According to the estimates of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the growth momentum of the Southeast Asian economies moderated to around 5.2 per cent…
Abstract Major powers’ interests in enhancing their engagement with Southeast Asian states and the main regional organization, ASEAN, are at a historic high and rising.…
Abstract The ASEAN Chairmanship rotates among Member States in English alphabetical order. After Vietnam in 2010, normally it would have been the turn of Brunei…
Introduction The United States is in the early stages of a substantial national project: reorienting its foreign policy to commit greater attention and resources to…
Abstract In the century ahead, U.S. strategic interests will align more closely with India’s than they will with those of any other continental power in…
Abstract Several states in Southeast Asia have long attempted to produce their own armaments, both to support national security and to aid in national economic…
Abstract Most Southeast Asian economies remain highly integrated with the global economy. Economic growth and other dimensions of the regional economies are therefore substantially affected…
Summary Maritime issues are particularly important for Asian countries, where there is a high reliance on shipping routes for international trade, many difficult disputes over…
Summary The South China Sea is a major strategic waterway for trade and oil shipments to Japan, Korea as well as southern China. It has…
Summary Many scholars of international relations in Asia regard bilateralism and multilateralism as alternative and mutually exclusive approaches to security co-operation. They argue that multilateral…
Summary Asian regional integration has shown remarkable progress since the end of the 1990s, but is currently at a major crossroads amid confusion of debate…
Summary This book examines the key motivations for and challenges to greater regional integration in Southeast Asia. It demonstrates how security and economic concerns -domestic,…
