Abstract The Korean government’s engagement in FTAs since the late 1990s has been enthusiastic. As of 2012, the Korean government concluded FTAs with small trading…
Topic: Political Economy
Summary This book provides an alternative approach to analyzing Western Europe’s much-debated dependence on Russian natural gas. The actual and potential consequences of this dependence…
Summary New drilling techniques for oil and natural gas are propelling an energy production renaissance in the United States. As the US economy struggles to…
Summary Since the normalization of diplomatic ties in 1995, U.S.-Vietnam relations have taken giant steps forward in nearly every area, from political and economic cooperation…
Abstract This article explores how the Abe administration might go about improving Japan’s relationship with the South Korean government of President Park Geun-hye. Although bilateral…
Summary The Russian oil industry—which vies with Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer and exporter of oil, providing nearly 12 percent of the global…
Summary China faces increasing economic headwinds that call into question not only its near-term growth outlook but the longer-term sustainability of its economic success. At…
Abstract Despite extensive economic ties and political engagement throughout Asia and sizable investment in some of the region’s most vulnerable regimes, China has yet to…
Abstract What are the Chinese views on Asian multilateralism? To answer this question, this article uses a fresh perspective—social evolution—to look at China’s engagement with…
Summary Bringing together some of the most innovative scholars in both the English School of international relations and East Asian studies, this volume investigates whether…
Abstract This paper is about the relationship between foreign trade and national power in the contemporary Asia Pacific. Imports and exports among the APEC (Asia…
Abstract During the 2000s, navies in the Asia-Pacific region have experienced a significant, if not unprecedented, bout of naval expansion. This buildup has been quantitative,…
Summary This book documents the recent ascent to economic and political power of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs) and provides a vision of their…
Summary Today, policy makers in both developed and developing countries are pursuing regionalization as a means to achieve easier market access, economies of scale, and…
Abstract Today, economically wounded though it is, the United States nonetheless remains the world’s most powerful state when power is measured in terms of economic…
