Category Regional studies

America Failed Its Way to Counterterrorism Success

“War,” the late French prime minister Georges Clemenceau famously remarked, “is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.”

The release from prison of Samsung’s de facto boss raises eyebrows

When the office of Moon Jae-in releases the names of people the South Korean president will pardon on National Liberation Day on August 15th, as is customary, Lee Jae-yong, the de facto boss of Samsung

Can China Unmake the American Making of Global Capitalism?

If the United States made global capitalism in the twentieth century (Panitch & Gindin 2012), can China unmake this American making in the twenty-first?

India and Japan: Growing Partnership and Opportunities for Co-operation

This e-book is a compilation of the papers presented by the speakers during a two-day International Conference, curated around the theme ‘India and Japan: Growing Partnership and Opportunities for Cooperation

Guide to the Top One Hundred Companies in China

Under the label of “the socialist market economy with Chinese characteristics”, the Chinese Government has made a firm commitment to economic reform, though still retaining tight political control.

Benefits of a Project Finance Approach to Infrastructure Development In Ghana

This article sheds light on the extent to which private entities partake in the provision of transport infrastructure to the Ghanaian public.

The logic of Myanmar’s China policy

The successive Myanmar governments have been dealing with a question of how to manage their relations with China in order to preserve the country's independence, political autonomy, national sovereignty

Economic ” highway ” with three speed tracks and destinations between China and CEE

The launch of the " 16+1 " Cooperation Framework in 2012 enhanced economic relations between China and CEE countries, which already had craved for China's financial support to recover from the recession during 2008-2009 crisis.

Imagining the Buddhist Ecumene in Myanmar

This paper argues that the model of an “Ecumene” will aid external interpretation of the Myanmar political process, including the beliefs of its leaders and constituents, the Bamar.

Power, Ideas and Institutions: China’s Emergent Footprints in Global Governance of Development Aid

This paper investigates whether China possesses normative power to determine what passes for ‘normal’ in the politics of foreign aid in the context of an ongoing debate about whether China will soon replace the United States as the global hegemon.

Explaining China’s Growing Assertiveness in the South China Sea Conflict from 2007- Present

The rising tension in the South China Sea in the past five years has reached to a level where thequestion of whether this conflict will lead to an open military confrontation has been widelydiscussed.

Myanmar’s Role in China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative

This article argues that the origins and theoretical underpinnings of Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative can actually be traced back to the mid-1980s,