Abstract This article considers three questions: 1) what progress has been made in achieving MDG1 targets?; 2) what challenges remain?; and 3) what more could…
Country or Region: Southeast Asia
Summary Southeast Asia has long fascinated development practitioners and researchers for being one of the few regions of the world that has resisted global trends…
Summary As a significant component of world politics, Asia Pacific confronts many major issues. This is a region in which the United States, China, and…
Abstract The U.S. strategy toward Asia in President Barack Obama’s first term features pivoting or rebalancing. This article traces the development of the U.S. pivot…
Abstract Despite remarkable growth in China’s capacities relative to Southeast Asia during the reform era, their relationship has vastly improved. Increasing interdependence is part of…
Summary An international relations classic, The Chinese Calculus of Deterrence presents a framework for anticipating Chinese political-military behavior in the nuclear era. Through analysis and…
Summary The dynamics of international relations in Asia are undergoing broad and fundamental changes that are reverberating around the world. Primary among the catalysts of…
Summary Andrew Scobell examines the use of Chinese military force abroad as in Korea (1950), Vietnam (1979), and the Taiwan Strait (1995-1996) and domestically, as…
Summary This is an interesting historical analysis of how the American government, frustrated over its inability to prevent the Communist victory in China, turned in…
Summary As the world’s most vital region, Asia embodies explosive economic growth, diverse political systems, vibrant societies, modernizing militaries, cutting-edge technologies, rich cultural traditions amid…
Abstract This article argues that processes of norm localization are producing an accommodation between the two principles. This accommodation involves the formal retention of both…
Abstract Tensions surrounding numerous maritime territorial disputes in East Asia have become a pressing challenge for U.S. foreign policymakers. Beginning around 2005-2006, long-disputed waters in…
Abstract Conventional narratives have largely ignored that, in Chinese eyes, the rich fishing grounds of the East and South China seas are as critical to…
Abstract Beijing’s purported energy security fears in the South China Sea are often exaggerated, as are both the interests of Asia’s great powers and questions…
Abstract The sea sets East Asia apart from other regional systems that influence international economic, political and military affairs. Alessio Patalano argues that in East…
