Abstract This report assesses how changes in the domestic, regional, and international environments are likely to affect future Japanese security policies and defense cooperation between…
Country or Region: United States
Abstract By sending Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the Middle East, it seems as if President Obama is putting his “Pivot to Asia” on…
Abstract The Asia Pacific region has undergone fundamental changes in its regional organization and power structure in the post-Cold War era. The region was long…
Summary Despite the growing internal social unrest and disparity of economic development, the People’s Republic of China is the third largest world economy and the…
Summary This book examines the strategic interactions among China, the United States, Japan, and Southeast Asian States in the context of China’s rise and globalization…
Abstract Asian multilateralism has been a relatively recent development. It differs from that elsewhere and reflects the history and characteristics of the region. It has…
Abstract T. J. Pempel’s core argument is that under the Bush administration, ‘domestic political drivers’ led to a ‘militarization and unilateralization’ of American foreign policy…
Abstract This article attempts to construct an overview of Japan’s defence problematique in the post‐cold war era. Its approach is to survey the historical legacies…
Abstract This paper analyses the development of the US approach to the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), from 1991 onward. It examines theories of why a…
Abstract Overview • Japan’s support for counterterrorism in Southeast Asia (SEA) partly reflects its commitment to the U.S.-Japan alliance, but is also part of a…
Abstract Some recent scholarly analysis of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) has suggested that the main impetus behind the creation of the new security organization…
Abstract The three-way relationship among the US, Japan, and ROK today (a unified Korea at some point in the future) will have a profound impact…
Abstract The future of politics will be decided in Asia, not Afghanistan or Iraq, and the United States will be right at the center of…
Abstract he Asia-Pacific region is home to a large and rapidly growing number of preferential trade agreements (PTAs). These agreements differ widely in design, scope…
Power transition theory seems to imply that war between the United States and the rising China is inevitable. However, in this article it is explained that…
