A BIT does go a long way: the positive effect of bilateral investment treaties on China's foreign direct investment inflows by Liow, Karyn Sze Min

“…It then gradually broadened the BIT network to more partner countries as its diplomatic relations expanded over time.…”
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Which IR theory, liberalism, realism or constructivism, best explains the interaction between ASEAN and the two superpowers, the US and China? by Pua, Zopa Wei Yuan

“…Meanwhile, liberalists argued that economic ties, international organisations like the ASEAN, and diplomatic efforts are essential for maintaining stability and fostering peaceful coexistence. …”
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A study on the employment outlooks of Chinese university students majoring in Japanese: A government recruitment perspective by Zhang, Ziran, Hasan, Ahmad

“…Recruiters emphasize the necessity for Japanese major students to have a background in international affairs and stronger overall qualities to tackle the complexities and challenges of diplomatic work. Based on the findings, this paper offers relevant policy recommendations: universities should adjust the curriculum for Japanese majors, increase interdisciplinary course offerings, enhance career planning guidance, and establish collaboration mechanisms with government departments to provide students with more internship and practical opportunities. …”
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Why are territorial disputes left unresolved? Finding the true utility of ASEAN through a mixed-method analysis on the case of Malaysia and its territorial disputes in Southeast A... by Chan, Felicia Jia Hui, Ng, Wei Ting

“…In this dissertation, we argue that the fundamental utility of ASEAN as an economic-diplomatic institution. We conclude by understanding ASEAN’s attempts to address security issues in the region and the reasons for unresolved territorial disputes in the region.…”
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'Women in an extraordinary time': the transnational network and educational spaces of the Canadian Eiwa Girls' mission schools in 1920s and 1930s Japan by Dugal, A

“…The community these inter-generational and non-diplomatic Eiwa actors built, the communication and exchange students undertook, and the mobility of graduates transcended state boundaries of Japan, Canada, and beyond. …”

Negotiating power: examining the role of procedural elements in international peace talks by Coplen, M

“…This area of diplomatic practice is under-examined in International Relations (IR). …”

The eagle and the panda : an owl's view from Southeast Asia by Desker, Barry

“…The implications of rebalancing for the Asia-Pacific are likely to be multifaceted, spanning the diplomatic, economic, political, and security realms. …”
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The Malaysian 'Islamic' state versus the Islamic state (IS) : evolving definitions of 'Terror' in an 'Islamising' nation-state by Chan, Nicholas Wai Yeap

“…It was not until the 'war on terror' paradigm was unleashed globally after the September 11 attacks did the Malaysian state able to unfreeze the term and brazenly reintroduced it back into its political, diplomatic, and security discourse. The grappling with the definition of ' terror' also advanced parallel to a process of state-driven Islamisation where the discursive ideal that is the 'Islamic state' became a point of contention and also legitimisation. …”
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新加坡与马来西亚政治人物言语交际策略对比性分析 = A comparative analysis of the verbal communication strategies used by political leaders in Singapore and Malaysia... by 林鼎勋 Lim, Ding Xun

“…The speeches made on domestic issues (General Election), diplomatic issues (Airspace Dispute, Water Price Dispute) and international issues (Belt and Road Initiative, US-China Trade War) make up the data used for this study. …”
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新加坡华人与中国关系的转变 : 以1979年至2000年新加坡华人对中国直接投资为例 = The shift in relations of Singaporean Chinese and China : a case study of Singaporean Chinese foreign direct investment in Mainland Chi... by 林惠琪 = Lim, Hui Qi

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Sanctions with Chinese characteristics : the effects of China's sanctions rhetoric on its behaviour by Poh, Angela Ming Yan

“…Given the conventional belief among scholars and practitioners of international relations that economic sanctions are a middle ground between diplomatic and military/paramilitary action, an empirical puzzle arises: Why has China – widely perceived as an assertive rising power – appeared relatively restrained in its use of economic sanctions? …”
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The U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy and its implications for U.S.-ASEAN economic governance architecture by Pitakdumrongkit, Kaewkamol

“…“Strategy” refers to “the collection of plans and policies that comprise the state’s deliberate effort to harness political, military, diplomatic, and economic tools together to advance that state’s national interest.” …”
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Export competitiveness in the context of Singapore by Chew, Kheng Lee, Phua, Chin Tiong, Yau, Puay Hiang

“…She may diversifY her export markets, implement alluring tax reliefs and incentive schemes to exporters, improve quality of goods exported, and undertake diplomatic tactics such as lobbying for the removal of trade barriers or foster better ties with her trading partners. …”
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Tsewang Norbu NGB by Cantwell, C, Mayer, R

“…We would like to draw the attention of textual specialists to the "Note on Transliteration", which outlines the system used in the inventory, to "The catalogue as a partial diplomatic transcription", which explains our rationale for a fully detailed diplomatic transcription, and to the comparisons between this and other editions of the rNying ma'i rgyud 'bum in, "Distinctive Features of the Edition" and "Doxographical structures in the Rig ’dzin Tshe dbang nor bu Edition of the rNying ma’i rgyud ’bum". …”

The next cyber phase of the Russia-Ukraine war will echo in Asia by Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman

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ASEAN needs a repatriation plan for a Taiwan contingency by Abdul Rahman Yaacob, Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman

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AND THEREBY HANGS A TALE / by Jeffrey Archer, author 507936

Exhibiting Southeast Asia in the cultural Cold War: geopolitics of regional art exhibitions (1940s-1980s) by Ditzig Kathleen Elizabeth Li-Ying

“…The construction of Southeast Asia as a regional identity involves a more complicated history that includes agents other than diplomats and politicians towards whom historians have traditionally turned in writing a history of the region. …”
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