Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.1142/s1793930521000179
N. Jamil
Malaysia’s South China Sea policy under the current Perikatan Nasional government is largely consistent with its previous approach, except for some minor recalibrations. Although Malaysia continues to pursue a “low-profile” approach by de-emphasising the problem and suppressing nationalist sentiment over the issue, it does however, selectively display increased willingness in taking a harder stand when it comes to preserving sovereignty in the disputed waters, especially when there is a spike of nationalist sentiment among Malaysians.
{"title":"Malaysia’s Dilemmatic South China Sea Policy under Muhyiddin Yassin","authors":"N. Jamil","doi":"10.1142/s1793930521000179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s1793930521000179","url":null,"abstract":"Malaysia’s South China Sea policy under the current Perikatan Nasional government is largely consistent with its previous approach, except for some minor recalibrations. Although Malaysia continues to pursue a “low-profile” approach by de-emphasising the problem and suppressing nationalist sentiment over the issue, it does however, selectively display increased willingness in taking a harder stand when it comes to preserving sovereignty in the disputed waters, especially when there is a spike of nationalist sentiment among Malaysians.","PeriodicalId":41995,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46434454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.1142/s1793930521000192
T. Do
Vietnam has no threats but multiple stakes at risk in the South China Sea. It is interested in not only defending sovereignty and rights under UNCLOS 1982 but also preserving peace, stability and good relations with its neighbours. As a result, Hanoi has adopted a complex set of risk management measures to reduce the possibility of war and losses if a contingency occurs.
{"title":"Balance of Risks: Vietnam’s South China Sea Strategy","authors":"T. Do","doi":"10.1142/s1793930521000192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s1793930521000192","url":null,"abstract":"Vietnam has no threats but multiple stakes at risk in the South China Sea. It is interested in not only defending sovereignty and rights under UNCLOS 1982 but also preserving peace, stability and good relations with its neighbours. As a result, Hanoi has adopted a complex set of risk management measures to reduce the possibility of war and losses if a contingency occurs.","PeriodicalId":41995,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44627967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.1142/s1793930521000246
K. Wong, K. Law
The relations between South Korea and Russia have qualitatively improved with Moon Jae-In’s New Northern Policy. Although a Russia–South Korea– North Korea trilateral cooperation remains unclear, South Korea has institutionalised bilateral relationships with Russia. Both geopolitics and geo-economy play prominent roles in the ROK–Russia relations and increasing support for an economic agenda is a considerably achievable goal for both countries.
{"title":"South Korea–Russia Rapprochement","authors":"K. Wong, K. Law","doi":"10.1142/s1793930521000246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s1793930521000246","url":null,"abstract":"The relations between South Korea and Russia have qualitatively improved with Moon Jae-In’s New Northern Policy. Although a Russia–South Korea– North Korea trilateral cooperation remains unclear, South Korea has institutionalised bilateral relationships with Russia. Both geopolitics and geo-economy play prominent roles in the ROK–Russia relations and increasing support for an economic agenda is a considerably achievable goal for both countries.","PeriodicalId":41995,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43429437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.1142/s1793930521000234
J. F. Copper
US China and US Taiwan policies in the first half-year plus of the Biden administration saw relations with China deteriorate and improve with Taiwan. This furthered trends of the Trump presidency and appeared to push the United States closer to a war with China. The author also looks at the power relationship between the two countries and President Biden’s desperate efforts to gather allies against China, making it a struggle between democracy and authoritarianism.
{"title":"The Biden Administration’s China and Taiwan Policies: Connecting the Dots","authors":"J. F. Copper","doi":"10.1142/s1793930521000234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s1793930521000234","url":null,"abstract":"US China and US Taiwan policies in the first half-year plus of the Biden administration saw relations with China deteriorate and improve with Taiwan. This furthered trends of the Trump presidency and appeared to push the United States closer to a war with China. The author also looks at the power relationship between the two countries and President Biden’s desperate efforts to gather allies against China, making it a struggle between democracy and authoritarianism.","PeriodicalId":41995,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47868215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.1142/s1793930521000210
Bhubhinda Singh
Japan has emerged as a critical strategic actor in East Asia amidst intensifying US-China structural competition since 2010. Southeast Asia/ASEAN is an important dimension of Japan’s foreign policy expansion. This paper argues that Japan’s foreign policy is driven by the aim of becoming an alternative source of strategic stability in Southeast Asia/ASEAN as opposed to the United States and China. This is explained by analysing Japan’s foreign policy in regional balance of power and ASEAN-led multilateralism.
{"title":"Japan-Southeast Asia Relations Amid US-China Competition in East Asia","authors":"Bhubhinda Singh","doi":"10.1142/s1793930521000210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s1793930521000210","url":null,"abstract":"Japan has emerged as a critical strategic actor in East Asia amidst intensifying US-China structural competition since 2010. Southeast Asia/ASEAN is an important dimension of Japan’s foreign policy expansion. This paper argues that Japan’s foreign policy is driven by the aim of becoming an alternative source of strategic stability in Southeast Asia/ASEAN as opposed to the United States and China. This is explained by analysing Japan’s foreign policy in regional balance of power and ASEAN-led multilateralism.","PeriodicalId":41995,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41317503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.1142/s1793930521000222
K. Koga
While the Suga administration has managed Japan’s foreign policy towards ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) relatively well on the basis of the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” that former Prime Minister Abe had envisioned, the administration left a task for the next prime minister to creatively devise a foreign policy strategy to manage the three main challenges in the Indo-Pacific region concerning ASEAN Centrality, Indo-Pacific institutional arrangement and value-based diplomacy.
{"title":"Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision under Suga: Transition and Future Challenges in Southeast Asia","authors":"K. Koga","doi":"10.1142/s1793930521000222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s1793930521000222","url":null,"abstract":"While the Suga administration has managed Japan’s foreign policy towards ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) relatively well on the basis of the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” that former Prime Minister Abe had envisioned, the administration left a task for the next prime minister to creatively devise a foreign policy strategy to manage the three main challenges in the Indo-Pacific region concerning ASEAN Centrality, Indo-Pacific institutional arrangement and value-based diplomacy.","PeriodicalId":41995,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42667303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.1142/s1793930521000180
R. D. de Castro
Why do small and middle powers balance an emergent power despite the latter’s preponderant military capabilities? How do weaker powers sustain this balancing policy? This article examines the Philippine case beginning with President Aquino’s policy of challenging China’s expansive maritime claim in the South China Sea (SCS), which was unravelled by President Rodrigo Duterte who initially adopted a policy of appeasement. However, with time, President Duterte also found it necessary to re-adopt his predecessor’s SCS approach.
{"title":"Challenging China’s Maritime Expansion in the South China Sea from the Aquino to the Duterte Administrations","authors":"R. D. de Castro","doi":"10.1142/s1793930521000180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s1793930521000180","url":null,"abstract":"Why do small and middle powers balance an emergent power despite the latter’s preponderant military capabilities? How do weaker powers sustain this balancing policy? This article examines the Philippine case beginning with President Aquino’s policy of challenging China’s expansive maritime claim in the South China Sea (SCS), which was unravelled by President Rodrigo Duterte who initially adopted a policy of appeasement. However, with time, President Duterte also found it necessary to re-adopt his predecessor’s SCS approach.","PeriodicalId":41995,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47433559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-03-23DOI: 10.1142/S1793930521000064
A. Ramezani, Yahya Kamali
Research findings show that China and Japan realise the utility of regime-building with ASEAN, so both have started to build trust with ASEAN since 1997. ASEAN established the ASEAN–China Free Trad...
{"title":"China–Japan Economic Cooperation with ASEAN: Keohane’s International Regime Theory","authors":"A. Ramezani, Yahya Kamali","doi":"10.1142/S1793930521000064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793930521000064","url":null,"abstract":"Research findings show that China and Japan realise the utility of regime-building with ASEAN, so both have started to build trust with ASEAN since 1997. ASEAN established the ASEAN–China Free Trad...","PeriodicalId":41995,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45852441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-03-23DOI: 10.1142/S1793930521000088
Yongwook Ryu
South Korea's management of the COVID-19 outbreak and its economic fallout has been largely effective The challenges are procurement of vaccinations and addressing rising socio-economic inequalities In addition, the Moon Jae-in administration has to stabilise domestic politics to achieve greater harmony in a highly polarised society and improve Korea's relationships with the United States, China, Japan and North Korea, which have been stalled in one way or another If managed well, Korea will emerge stronger from COVID-19 and consolidate its international status as a high-tech, advanced economy
{"title":"South Korea: Emerging Stronger from COVID-19","authors":"Yongwook Ryu","doi":"10.1142/S1793930521000088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793930521000088","url":null,"abstract":"South Korea's management of the COVID-19 outbreak and its economic fallout has been largely effective The challenges are procurement of vaccinations and addressing rising socio-economic inequalities In addition, the Moon Jae-in administration has to stabilise domestic politics to achieve greater harmony in a highly polarised society and improve Korea's relationships with the United States, China, Japan and North Korea, which have been stalled in one way or another If managed well, Korea will emerge stronger from COVID-19 and consolidate its international status as a high-tech, advanced economy","PeriodicalId":41995,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45117062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-03-23DOI: 10.1142/S1793930521000076
Yuji Uesugi, Kazushige Kobayashi, Tomoaki Honda
This article traces the developments in Japan’s peacebuilding policy in Abe Shinzo’s second term (2012–2020) and presents illustrative case studies to highlight the change and continuity that occur...
{"title":"Japan’s Peacebuilding under the Abe Administration: Change and Continuity, 2012–2020","authors":"Yuji Uesugi, Kazushige Kobayashi, Tomoaki Honda","doi":"10.1142/S1793930521000076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793930521000076","url":null,"abstract":"This article traces the developments in Japan’s peacebuilding policy in Abe Shinzo’s second term (2012–2020) and presents illustrative case studies to highlight the change and continuity that occur...","PeriodicalId":41995,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48994474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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