Indo-Pacific Review

[...] and waters of the South China Sea, whose sovereignty is contested. Though it had no enforcement mechanism, most Southeast Asian [...]

[...] OCTOBER 15, 2014: Malaysia has a stake in the South China Sea dispute – and not just where territory is concerned. As ASEAN Chair next year, there are [...]

[...] 6, 2014: “In order to secure its interests in the Asia-Pacific and particularly in the South China Sea, the United States is in need of redefining a new regional strategy towards the South China [...]

[...] , the Liaoning, even docked there in late 2013 during its first training exercise in the South China Sea.  Even more worrying to Indonesian officials was probably a series of increasingly [...]

[...] more cooperation in the next five years. Hunter Marston is an Associate Editor for The Indo-Pacific Review and publishes on politics and elections in Southeast Asia. He served in the U.S. Embassy [...]

[...] Beijing Loses Face over Partial Lifting of U.S. Arms Embargo on Vietnam appeared first on Indo-Pacific Review. [...]

[...] Myanmar Magazine Support Jihad, Wish Everyone an (Early) Happy Halloween appeared first on Indo-Pacific Review. [...]

[...] ’s Approach to Southeast Asia in the Context of Sino-Japanese Relations appeared first on Indo-Pacific Review. [...]

[...] and Burma.[1] Founded in 1967, ASEAN has grown in both membership and importance in the Southeast Asia region and internationally. Its primary mandate was to establish greater economic, political, [...]

[...] arrived. The recent dramatic fall in oil prices brings unexpected shocks to the economies of Southeast Asia. While this is a gift to the leaders of most countries in the region, the price fall creates [...]

[...] interest groups in Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand, democracy appears to be in retreat in Southeast Asia. These setbacks should be seen as temporary. Over the long term, democratic forces will prove [...]

[...] mystified when the United States, which a decade ago had been so vocal about democracy in Southeast Asia, and which still has significant influence in the region, has said almost nothing about the [...]

[...] combined length of 887 kilometres. To deal with the upcoming integration with the ASEAN Economic Community, Thailand also needs to address supply-side challenges to increase competitiveness. [...]

[...] chairmanship from Myanmar and will be in charge of finalising the implementation of the Asean Economic Community whose deadline is the end of next year. Malaysia is also lobbying for a non-permanent [...]

[...] Southeast Asia 4.3 (1982): 316. [73] Myrna S. Austria, “Moving Towards an ASEAN Economic Community,” East Asia29.2 (June 2012): 154. [74] Austria, “ASEAN Economic Community”, 70. [...]

[...] its response to Chinese provocation with great care, given the two countries’ increasing economic integration. In 2012, at a particularly tense moment with Manila, China suspended imports of bananas [...]

[...] Indonesia’s new maritime consciousness has been shaped by a number of factors. The growing economic integration between East and West Asia and the strategic significance of the sea lines of [...]

[...] criticized as slow and time-consuming, and unable to set well-defined goals in terms of economic integration.[73] Nonetheless, newer members of ASEAN are more pessimistic about the benefits of [...]

[...] incongruously that it did not go beyond economic integration to security during its formative decades. He holds aloft the economic advantages of a big [...]

[...] visa restrictions, limits on future U.S.-Myanmar security cooperation and perhaps even economic sanctions. The lawmakers’ letter, meanwhile, urged Kerry to “sanction those complicit in abuses and [...]

[...] to fundraise overseas. Funding was already under significant pressure due to U.S. and U.N. economic sanctions which targeted MILF supporters and front companies.   Yet, as the MILF lost on the [...]

[...] ASEAN member states’ commitment to the international principle of non-interference.[64] Economic sanctions were believed to be counter-productive and most detrimental to poorer Burmese citizens, [...]

OCTOBER 16, 2014: In June, the Philippine government released photographic evidence documenting China’s efforts to expand five tiny spits of land i [...]

OCTOBER 1, 2014: Southeast Asia’s military modernization over the last half decade has been impressive. Defense expenditures across the region hav [...]

OCTOBER 21, 2014: China’s maritime disputes with its Asian neighbors over the Senkaku Islands, the Spratly Islands, and the Paracel Islands have ma [...]