Intra-regional trade has been rising rapidly, especially after China's accession to the WTO in 2001. China's economy is expanding rapidly, and has already passed Japan in 2010 to become the world's second largest economy. It is clearly producing a huge impact on the world economy, and particularly on ASEAN countries. This is the appropriate time to take stock: what has APEC achieved so far? How…
The end of the Cold War and the terrorist attacks of 9/11 have brought about profound changes in international politics. A new system of global governance —one that is better suited for the new political realities —is desperately needed.
This volume is a collection of recent essays on Asia Pacific economic cooperation and confronts some of the most pressing issues in trans-Pacific cooperation today. The phenomenal economic growth and development achieved during this current era of globalization has been accompanied by the contradictory forces of fragmentation and integration. Links between individuals are unprecedented and info…
This book provides a list of key government and industry association contacts, ultimate responsibility for accuracy rest with original source cited, and also the following statistics and market profiles.
This is the eighth in a series of occasional papers to be produced by the Pacific Security Research Institute (PSRI). The PSRI was established in Sydney by the Institute of Public Affairs (Incorporated in the ACT. ACN 008 627 727) in April 1989 to undertake research and to play an active part in debate on foreign and defence policy issues in the Asia-Pacific region, in terms of Australia's l…
Beyond arms control: challenges and choices for nuclear disarmament is a collaborative work of non-governmental researchers and activists who critically examine the mainstream discourse of nuclear weapons. The book explores some of the most important challenges that governments and civil society will face at the 2010 NPT Review Conference and beyond, highlighting the prospects and pitfalls for …
The first half of the book addresses the international context. Chapters in this part consider the impact of September 11 on the UN's concern for the rights and security of states relative to those of individuals, as well as the changing attitudes of various Western powers toward multilateral vs. unilateral approaches to international problems. The second half of the book focuses more closel…
This book, a project of the ASEAN-China Study Programme of ISEAS, examines the rapidly expanding economic relations between ASEAN and China in recent years. The fifteen chapters discuss in considerable detail these relations in terms of many important topics such as trade, the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA), investments, services trade, energy cooperation, cooperation in developing th…
The contents of this book: Part 1 Intermediate States, Regional Leadership and Security: Analytical Frameworks Part 2 IBSA in the Context of Global Security: National Perspective Part 3 Regional Security Contexts Part 4 Defence Policies and Prospects for Cooperation
This study evaluates the costs and benefits of nuclear arms control treaties between the US and the Soviet Union/Russian Federation. The report finds that, although the implementation and verification of nuclear arms control regimes can be expensive, these costs pale into insignificance compared to the costs and risks of nuclear rearmament and the consequences of a nuclear arms race.