Asian studies
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Strategy in Eurasia and Euro-Atlanticism
The focus of this article is two-pronged. First, it highlights China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) initiative as a Eurasia-centred…
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What Does China Really Want? To Dominate the World
Can we pay the Chinese Communist Party the compliment of acknowledging that it means what it says and knows what…
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Japan Is the New Leader of Asia’s Liberal Order
Over the last decade, and especially over the last four years, Japan has emerged as a quiet leader in the…
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The Need for Economic Security Is Reviving
Unlike his predecessor, whose transactional view of diplomacy rankled many in Tokyo, Biden has been at pains to rekindle the…
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The Surprising Strength of Chinese-Japanese Ties
In April, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga became the first foreign leader to visit U.S. President Joe Biden at the…
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