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April 9, 2015 Special Forum
Less Geneva, More Jakarta? Assessing Australia’s Asia Pivot

The history of Australia’s engagement with Asia is littered with debates about identity and destiny. Settled in 1788 as a British colonial outpost, Australia’s federation did little to […]

Andrew O’Neil

Asia-Pacific engagement, AU-Japan relations, Australia's "Big Three"
December 19, 2014 Open Forum
International Peace in Asia: Will it Endure?

International Peace in Asia: Will it Endure? 1 Post 1945 Asia has been conflict ridden.2 Between 1945 and 2010, there were a total of 71 major wars (in […]

Muthiah Alagappa

Armed peace, deterrence, international legitimacy, sovereignty, trust-building
November 21, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (November 2014)

Russian articles on Russia’s “turn to the East” are full of confidence, concentrate on the big picture, and constantly repeat assumptions hardened over the previous half-year. Rather than […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRICS, India, international relations framework, Russo-Japanese relations, Southeast Asia, turn to the East
July 25, 2014 Special Forum
Introduction to Special Forum

Economists, political scientists, and sociologists greeted developments at the end of the 1980s and beginning of the 1990s with acclamation that their theoretical views were proven correct and […]

Editorial Staff

contradictory transitional thinking, elite continuity, historical memories, symbolic pretexts
March 21, 2014 Review Article
‘Sino-Japanese Relations after the Cold War: Two Tigers Sharing a Mountain’

Michael Yahuda, Sino-Japanese Relations after the Cold War: Two tigers Sharing a Mountain (London: Routledge: 2013) Bilateral relations between pairs of Northeast Asian countries—China, Japan, and South Korea– […]

Audrye Wong

Balancing, hedging, Security dilemma, triangularity
January 25, 2014 Special Forum
National Identity Frameworks and International Relations in Asia

  As the strategic significance of Asia increases with the region’s economic and diplomatic influence, and as analyses broaden in geographic scope by devoting greater attention to India […]

Leif-Eric Easley

geopolitical humiliation, historical reconciliation, infographics, multiculturalism, non-alignment, six dimensions
October 4, 2013 Open Forum
Modeling a “New Type of Great Power Relations”: A Chinese Viewpoint

Forging a “new type of great power relations” is a novel foreign relations concept that China has proposed and emphasized of late, drawing widespread attention. It has taken […]

Ren Xiao*

established power, New type of great power relations, rising power, Xi Jinping
September 17, 2013 Review Article
Making Headway on the “Economic-Security Nexus”: Contributions from Southeast Asia

What is the relationship between economic growth, interdependence, and competition on the one hand, and geopolitical security and stability on the other? Do international trade, production, and investment […]

Evelyn Goh

ASEAN, Conflict Management, Economic Interdependence, Regime Insecurity, Vulnerability
July 19, 2013 Special Forum
Another Cold War in Asia?

The biggest strategic challenge for policymakers in the Asia-Pacific is the peaceful integration of China into the international order. Within three decades, China has transformed from a rural […]

Michishita Narushige*

Arms Race, Australia, New Cold War, Sino-US Relations, Southeast Asia, Trade