Preview: This essay will provide a Chinese perspective on the contending U.S. and Chinese visions of the regional economic order in East Asia. The discussion…
Topic: Political Economy
Preview: This essay examines the U.S. and Chinese visions for the East Asian economic order and discusses the specific points of convergence and divergence. It…
Abstract: Since the end of World War II, the United States has played a leading role in shaping the global economic system. While US influence…
Abstract: In this article I explore the connection between historically based emotional issues and economic interests in China-Japan relations by analyzing the linkage between China’s…
Abstract: Chinese and Russian officials and scholars discursively construct and reconstruct repeatedly the nature and boundaries of Eurasian regional integration in an ongoing process of…
Abstract: Conventional studies of Chinese aid to Africa typically neglect China’s six decades of donor experience, and de-emphasize the distinct historical relationships that China holds…
Abstract: Do norms influence Japan’s foreign aid? Japan’s aid policy statements have increasingly emphasized humanitarian and democratic values, but few studies demonstrate a shift in…
The visions that great powers have for their neighborhood or regions farther afield are almost always about themselves—i.e., their role, power, and prestige in that…
Abstract: This essay examines the implications of China’s rise and calls on the U.S. to address the domestic bases for national power and to reassume…
Abstract: Since 2000, President Vladimir Putin of Russia has persistently pushed for trilateral economic projects involving Moscow, Seoul, and Pyongyang, especially in the fields of…
Abstract: China is a major funder of developing country infrastructure, lending $40 billion annually through policy banks. Lending does not favor the belt and road…
Abstract: President Donald Trump has emphasized three recurring themes regarding trade policy: the importance of trade balances, including bilateral trade balances, currency manipulation to gain…
Abstract: This paper is about how East Asia should respond to the challenges of the external environment. The first challenge is the current slowdown in…
Abstract: Trade policy, in particular, the Trans‐Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), has been a centerpiece of the Abe administration’s economic strategy. The TPP’s contributions to Japan’s…
Preview: Great power competition is back. As China and the United States ramp up their strategic rivalry, the search is on for a vision of…
