Articles

As China's role as a major power in international affairs is growing, the Chinese government is becoming more active and more influential in the United Nations (UN). This is likely to have - or, in the eyes of some, already has - a significant impact on the UN's (future) functioning. Growing Chinese influence is important for all UN members, and...

Today's international business environment is less predictable, more volatile, and involves more politics than in previous decades. The declining economic weight of the United States and growing doubts about its leadership role in global governance have important implications for European companies. There is a growing likelihood of high-profile...

China's approach towards great powers is shaped by two overarching aims. The first is to neutralise potential threats to China's security that originate from major powers. The second is to work with great powers towards an international environment that is stable and conducive to constructive economic interaction. This chapter
identifies trends in...

While OBOR requires a very large and sustained investment effort, there are many uncertainties and risks, not least in the political sphere, related to investing in developing countries in Asia and Africa. Infrastructure investment is at the heart of OBOR, but because of the high costs and often low returns, this kind of investment in many...

This essay addresses questions that are related to two recently proposed concepts: Hugh White's Concert of Asia and Henry Kissinger's Pacific Community. First, what basis is there for the US as a non-Asian country to pursue a lasting leadership role in East Asia? Second, what would it mean for the US to treat China as a security partner in East...

Today Philips is one of the largest foreign investors in East Asia. The foundation for the company's East Asian position was laid by investment in Taiwan in the 1960s and early 1970s, at a time when this country and the rest of the region were still largely ignored by other European investors. This article investigates the motives for Philips to...

It is true that in the decades preceding the beginning of China's republican era in 1912 the Netherlands played only a small role in international relations in the Far East and that the Dutch government was much more concerned with neutrality towards the European powers than with gaining influence over the Chinese empire. Still, such circumstances...