Abstract The abiding impression of Japan’s involvement in and response to the East Asian currency crisis is one of sorry failure. Japan stands accused of…
Topic: Political Economy
Abstract Dramatic economic growth in the Asia Pacific has given rise to a both a scholarly and policy oriented debate about the most appropriate organizational…
Abstract In 2010, the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization agreement established a new Asian financial arrangement to help address potential currency or liquidity crises. This article…
Abstract This article uses the concepts of critical juncture and feedback effects in historical institutionalism to examine China’s role in promoting a China–ASEAN Free Trade…
Summary Ever since the two ancient nations of India and China established modern states in the mid-20th century, they have been locked in a complex…
Excerpt For THREE decades now, Southeast Asia has been the scene and cockpit of struggles among great powers. Can it now be moved away from…
Abstract Comparing the West European and East Asian regional experience prima vista does not seem to offer much novelty value. The outcome of such comparative…
Summary Southeast Asia is one of the world’s most diverse and complex regions. At times it has been a beacon of hope for the developing…
Summary Today … the overwhelming impression of East Asia’s enduring strength and of ASEAN’s efficacy has been cast aside and forgotten. The same commentators who…
Abstract The 2013 BRICS summit in Durban, South Africa, attended by the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, produced a joint declaration…
Abstract Edward Mansfield (this issue) offers a twofold appraisal of the significance of rising powers—defined here as the BRIC countries—for the study of international political…
Abstract India’s behavior in the global economy has transformed considerably, consistent with its embrace of economic globalization and deregulation since 1991. Until then, India…
Abstract Over the past 20 years, social scientists, government officials, and investors have expressed mounting interest in the BRIC countries, which include Brazil, Russia, India, and…
Abstract Economic and political power within the international system is becoming more diffuse. Nonetheless, China is today the principal challenger to the United States (Mansfield,…
Summary Russia offers a fascinating example of the contrast between the attractions of a vast hydrocarbon resource base to major oil and gas companies and…
