Summary South Korea’s phenomenal rise has been studied extensively by political scientists and economists both in terms of its impact on democratisation and as a…
Topic: Political Economy
Abstract The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was accepted by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) as one among other pathfinders, for a comprehensive Free Trade Area…
Abstract The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are not necessarily two contending trade liberalising models, but their import and arrival…
Summary Conventional wisdom holds that China’s burgeoning economic power has reduced the United States to little more than a customer of Beijing. Not so, writes…
Summary The financial crisis that swept across East Asia during 1997–1998 was devastating not only in its economic impact but also in its social and…
Summary Since the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997–98, East Asian economies have sought to make themselves less vulnerable to global financial markets by transforming the…
Summary Chinese society is plagued by many problems that have a direct impact on its current and future business and political environment-worker rights, product safety,…
Summary In Asia’s Flying Geese, Walter F. Hatch tackles the puzzle of Japan’s paradoxically slow change during the economic crisis it faced in the 1990s. Why…
Summary Today’s China is governed by a new economic model that marks a radical break from the Mao and Deng eras; it departs fundamentally from…
Summary As an economic superpower, China has become an increasingly important player in the international monetary system. Its foreign exchange reserves are the largest in…
Summary This collection examines new developments in economic and security co-operation in the Asia-Pacific in relation to two recent “shock” events that have significantly impacted…
Summary While, over the last 30 years, the global economy’s center of gravity has shifted to East Asia, the region has remained surprisingly free of…
Abstract A generally underappreciated shift in U.S. engagement with the global macroeconomic order, accelerated by the global financial crisis, has complicated managing the dollar as…
Summary North Korea continues to be a country of great concern internationally, where future developments are uncertain, especially as a result of the succession to…
From the publisher: The last decade has seen growing momentum in U.S.-India engagement in several areas. This includes bilateral economic relations, where the impact of Indian…
