Summary The Basel Accord – now commonly referred to as “Basel I” – has exerted a profound influence on international financial politics and domestic prudential…
Topic: Political Economy
Summary China’s transformation from a poor and underdeveloped country into a global market power has profoundly altered its socioeconomic power relations with the other countries…
Summary In 2008 Ma Ying-jeou was elected President of Taiwan, and the Kuomintang (KMT) returned to power after eight years of rule by the Democratic…
Abstract The rapid rise of Chinese economic and military power has produced the most fundamental change in the global system since the end of the…
Abstract A U.S. initiative treating Russia as a serious East Asian partner, engaging in a real dialogue on security threats there, and a strong public…
Abstract This article focuses on the interplay of energy, climate change, and national security issues in Southwest Asia, using the newer definition of “national security”…
Abstract America’s instruments of foreign policy are weak. As a result, Washington depends much more on its military power than it should. The militarization of…
Abstract Despite worries that ASEAN is becoming weak, the organization remains as strong as it ever was, given the parameters of its design. Its member…
Abstract China’s rapid rise in economic and military power has occurred alongside the apparent decline of Japan, which has traditionally been America’s closest ally in…
Abstract According to integration theory, growing economic interdependence between China and Japan should have spilled over into more cordial political relations. The opposite occurred, as…
Abstract While there have been many sources of tension in U.S.-China relations since the Cold War, they have been held in check generally by circumstances…
Abstract How well do theories of economic interdependence and structural realism explain the India-China divergence between growing economic relations and continuing strategic mistrust? This article…
Summary Since the beginning of China’s phenomenal rise in the international system, our knowledge of the country has grown rapidly. But those who have debated…
Summary The “Taiwan question” has long been considered one of the most complicated and explosive issues in global politics. In recent years, however, relations between…
Summary This book provides an analysis of the development of the Chinese securities market, with special reference to the information disclosure regimes in Mainland China,…
