Abstract Beijing’s new strategies toward Taiwan are informed by neo-functionalism derived from European experiences, assuming that economic integration will eventually lead to political accommodation and…
Topic: Political Economy
Abstract Economic development in South Korea and Taiwan has received considerable scholarly attention, as they are two of the most successful cases since the 1960s.…
Summary Global climate change is one of the challenges ever to confront humanity with the largest scale, widest scope and most far-reaching influence. As the…
Summary Meet the next global currency: the Chinese renminbi, or the “redback.” Following the global financial crisis of 2008, China’s major monetary policy objective is…
Summary Persistently large external imbalances in the world economy contributed to the outbreak of the recent financial crisis. The current account imbalances were particularly severe…
Abstract What explains Japan’s security behavior? As an economically powerful state without commensurate military capabilities, Japan has long puzzled theorists of international relations. To explain…
Abstract This article examines Chinese-led regional forums in the developing world where the Chinese preponderance of economic power is self-evident, its financial largesse is readily…
Abstract The period 2008 to 2015 is likely to prove a traumatic transition from the post-Cold War era of American unipolar hegemony to a new…
Summary With the world’s second largest economy, China has the capacity to engage in substantial programs of economic assistance and government-sponsored investments in 93 emerging-market…
Summary Testimony presented before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on April 4, 2013. PDF
Publication Year: 2012 Where China Meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia Summary Thant Myint-U’s Where China Meets India is a vivid,…
Summary Is East Asia heading toward war? Throughout the 1990s, conventional wisdom among U.S. scholars of international relations held that institutionalized cooperation in Europe fosters…
Introduction Last week, Sri Lanka hosted the eighth iteration of the Galle Dialogue – a meeting of regional navies held every year at the eponymous…
Introduction In recent years, China has started throwing its weight around. It has defied international law and risked violent clashes in the East China and…
Abstract This essay analyses the foundations and future of the Vietnam-US partnership. It shows that Vietnam and the United States have sought to broaden and…
