Abstract High stakes are involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations: the United States seems to be on the verge of redirecting Asian regionalism…
Topic: U.S. Foreign Policy
Abstract This study argues that the concept of a regional leader is particularly promising for explaining the development of East Asian regionalism, albeit not the…
Abstract Cooperation between the USA and China serves as the lynch pin for the creation of an effective international climate regime. Recent US–China relations on…
Abstract The article attempts to examine the emerging balance-of-power system in Northeast Asia (NEA) that is replacing the USA’s hegemony. A multipolar balance of power…
Abstract This paper investigates diverse public opinion on the rise of the People’s Republic of China through a survey conducted in the tri-state region of…
Abstract This paper sheds light on the Chinese government’s recent efforts to internationalize the Renminbi (RMB). China’s standing as the world’s second largest economy and…
Abstract Although NATO was originally created to address regional security concerns, since the end of the Cold War it has expanded its role and partnership…
Abstract Asia–Pacific regionalism is quite different from its counterparts in other regions of the world. Most notably, it displays an extremely low level of institutionalization…
Abstract The international order in East Asia has been anchored on four pillars. The first pillar is the 1952 San Francisco peace treaty between the…
Abstract The aim of this article is to analyze the rationale and likely impacts of Chinese military modernization, which seems focused to work as China’s…
Abstract As a Northeast Asian power sharing a 17-Km border with North Korea, Russia has a keen interest in Korean affairs. The future of Korea…
Abstract A strategic choice is fast approaching between accepting China’s sub-regional hegemony and pushing back through strategies that would impose costs. During the course of…
Abstract Since the Soviet Union’s collapse and North Korea’s subsequent deep economic crisis, China’s economic and diplomatic support has been vital to the Northern regime’s…
Abstract This article examines the Philippines’ strategy of external balancing against an aggressive China as it intensifies its security ties with the United States, its…
Abstract This paper examines the current defense doctrine of the Republic of China (Taiwan), including its evolution – from the offensive approach during the first…
