Search Results - "International relations of the Asia-Pacific"

The balance of great-power influence in contemporary Southeast Asia by Ciorciari, John David

“…This article reviews and critiques recent scholarly work on Southeast Asian relations with the great powers, examining the strategies that ASEAN governments…”
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The concept of hedging and its application to Southeast Asia: a critique and a proposal for a modified conceptual and methodological framework by Haacke, Jürgen

“…Abstract In the context of the complex unipolar post-Cold War period that has witnessed China’s reemergence as an economic and military power, small and middle…”
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Hedging in international relations: an introduction by Ciorciari, John D, Haacke, Jürgen

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Why is there no Non-Western International Relations Theory? Ten years on by Acharya, Amitav, Buzan, Barry

“…A decade ago in 2007 we published a forum in International Relations of the Asia-Pacific (IRAP) on 'Why there is no non-Western IR theory?'. Now we revisit…”
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Hedging and grand strategy in Southeast Asian foreign policy by Jones, David Martin, Jenne, Nicole

“…Abstract This article examines recent interest in hedging as a feature of international politics in the Asia Pacific. Focusing on the small states of Southeast…”
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The evolution of China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: from a revisionist to status-seeking agenda by Wilson, Jeffrey D

“…Abstract China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a controversial addition to both the global and Asian economic architectures. Western critics…”
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Middle power hedging in the era of security/economic disconnect: Australia, Japan, and the ‘Special Strategic Partnership’ by Wilkins, Thomas

“…Abstract Deeping superpower rivalry between the United States and China has created acute strategic dilemmas for secondary powers in the Indo-Pacific such as…”
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Shrinking room for hedging: system-unit dynamics and behavior of smaller powers by Korolev, Alexander

“…Abstract This article advances the understanding of ‘hedging’ in international politics by highlighting and examining the limits to smaller powers’ hedging…”
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Contemporary conservative thoughts in Japan: conservative views on morality, history, and social issues by Kaihara, Hiroshi

“…This article discusses the political thoughts of conservatives. What makes their thoughts distinctive is their understanding of the state of the nation: the…”
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Reintroducing friendship to international relations: relational ontologies from China to the West by Nordin, Astrid H. M., Smith, Graham M.

“…Chinese government representatives and scholars have attempted to ameliorate fears about China's rise by portraying China as a new and friendlier kind of great…”
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Revisiting negative externalities of US military bases: the case of Okinawa by Hikotani, Takako, Horiuchi, Yusaku, Tago, Atsushi

“…Abstract In a recently published article, Allen et al. (Outside the wire: U.S. military deployments and public opinion in host states’, American Political…”
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Security cooperation in the Pacific Islands: architecture, complex, community, or something else? by Wallis, Joanne, McNeill, Henrietta, Batley, James, Powles, Anna

“…Abstract In the 2018 Boe Declaration, Pacific Islands Forum leaders recognized that the region is facing ‘an increasingly complex regional security…”
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Navigating great power competition: a neoclassical realist view of hedging by Marston, Hunter S

“…Abstract Contrary to predictions that smaller powers will balance against or bandwagon with external threats, Southeast Asian states are hedging by deepening…”
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Financial cooperation in the Asia-Pacific as regime complex: explaining patterns of coverage, membership, and rules by Grimes, William W, Lee, Yaechan, Kring, William N

“…Abstract Since the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, East Asia has gone from having virtually no regional financial cooperation to having multiple cooperative…”
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Aid coordination through competition? Unintended consequences of China–Japan rivalry in foreign aid policy in Asia by Hoshiro, Hiroyuki

“…Abstract The power struggle between China and Japan in Asia continues, with their political confrontations extending to foreign aid rivalry. While Japan used…”
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Navigating environmental cooperation on air pollution amid political competition in East Asia by Uji, Azusa

“…Abstract East Asian countries have recently upgraded their regional cooperation for clean air through the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia, with…”
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Unambivalent alignment: Japan’s China strategy, the US alliance, and the ‘hedging’ fallacy by Liff, Adam P

“…Abstract This article examines whether the Asia-Pacific region’s geopolitical vicissitudes are causing Japan to ‘hedge’ against deepening uncertainty and risk…”
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Diplomacy with the DPRK during the Nakasone administration: With a focus on two-track diplomacy at the governmental and nongovernmental levels by Choi, Ji-hee

“…Abstract The study investigates Japan's diplomacy towards North Korea (DPRK) during the Yasuhiro Nakasone administration (1983–1986), focusing on two-track…”
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China’s Rising Foreign Ministry: Practices and Representations of Assertive Diplomacy Dylan M. H. Loh by Feng, Huiyun

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Steering a middle path in Sino-US rivalry: contending middlepowerism and South Korea’s challenges by Shin, Soon-Ok

“…Abstract Deepening Sino-US rivalry is motivating Cold War-style bloc diplomacy, undermining post-1945 institutionalism. This presents extensive challenges to…”
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