Abstract: Since its launch in late 2013, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has achieved many tangible results that may have lasting effect on the…
Topic: Political Economy
Abstract: To better assess the global impact of the ascendance of emerging powers brought about by globalization, this paper attempts to provide a conceptual framework…
Abstract: The year 2015 marked the deadline for finishing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as the United Nations (UN) member states launched the 2030 Agenda…
Abstract: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), one of the largest investment institutions in the world, was established in 2015. The launch of the China-initiated…
Abstract: Compared with other Chinese-proposed multilateral institutions such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Belt and Road…
Abstract: The Lancang–Mekong Cooperation (LMC) mechanism, in which China plays a leading role, was officially launched in March 2016 as a result of China’s need…
Abstract: The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) was launched at the end of 2015. It is an ongoing project towards a single market and is envisioned…
Abstract: This article provides an international-political-economy explanation of the development and degradation of Taiwan’s press freedom from 1988 to 2016. It argues that Taiwan tends…
Description: The enormous economic power of the People’s Republic of China makes it one of the most important actors in the international system. Since China’s…
Abstract: The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) was launched at the end of 2015. It is an ongoing project towards a single market and is envisioned…
Abstract: This paper examines the interactions between the USA and the expanding ecosystem of East Asian and Asia-Pacific institutions. Concentrating on the period since the…
Abstract: East Asia has many distinctive features that set it apart from other comparable regions, not least attitudes to regional development and cooperation. Despite a…
Abstract: This article proposes a new concept of ‘contested multilateralism 2.0’ to describe the puzzling institutional building efforts by non-ASEAN members after the 2008 global…
Abstract: China’s spectacular economic growth over the past decades has given rise to a more confident and proactive China in global governance. China is now…
Abstract: Interpretations of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) mostly agree that it is a policy opening that offers some remedies for China’s economic and…
