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Civil wars tend to be analyzed as bilateral and static events. Recently scholars have begun to recognize that civil wars involve multiple actors using various and multiple tactics which tend to change over time..x000d.This paper builds upon this literature, making the argument that tactics employed by groups both influence and are influenced by negotiation patterns with the state. Governments might be expected to behave differently depending on the choice of tactic employed by a group. This paper seeks to explore the relationship between multiple group tactics and negotiation efforts by focusing on Southeast Asian intrastate conflicts in the post-World War II period. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reviews the relationship between the PRC and ASEAN countries since 1960s. It explores how economic interactions affect the security threat feelings of ASEAN countries towards the PRC and also how does the PRC use economic tools to mitigate the security dilemma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper sheds light on the systematic divergence of productivist welfare capitalism in East and Southeast Asia. To test the existence of different types of welfare system, cluster analysis is conducted based on the redistribution and efficiency approaches. The findings suggest that the productivist world of welfare capitalism is empirically classified into three systems: compensatory, competitive, and mixed. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the end of the Cold War, the new security threats and the broadened security agendas of actors has created a suitable atmosphere for rethinking and revitalizing the sphere and the limits of regional orders in the international politics. The relatively successful story of Western security identity and practices at home and abroad, and the European Union’s precedence intensified this trend by creating a kind of imagined criteria for the regional security orders. However, still the links between the global and regional security as well as the meaning of regional order are not yet clear. Though one can only observe what kind of security mechanisms (balancing, cooperation, competition, or conflict etc…) have dominated in the regional domain. Asian regional security order- if there is any- stands as a real test case for observing how kind of regional security order will rise from these plural and competing security mechanisms. In order to trace the possibility of regional security order outside of western world, this brief paper aims to evaluate the security regionalism in the Eastern/southeastern Asia and tries to make some assessments on question of whether the ARF or EAS has been close to represent Asian security order. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Has the United States truly seen a decline in its power? Who are the likely challengers to the status quo? Operating within the framework of hegemonic stability theory, these questions are explored through an analysis of material and ideational conceptions of hegemony. Concentrating upon potential challenges in Southeast Asia, this model is tested across time and issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper seeks to explain the many variations in the experiences of ethnic Chinese migrants in selected Southeast Asian countries by paying special attention to demographic and government policy-related variables [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper asks which among China and Japan will gain more leadership and influence over the Southeast Asia in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the causal link between the state-majority-minority relations on one hand and ethnic conflict in Southeast Asia on the other. The impact of both formal institutions and public policies on ethnic relations is the main theme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines China's and Japan's popularity campaigns toward Southeast Asia, a vital neighbor to both. It contextualizes soft power campaign in democratic and non-democratic settings and discusses their similarities and differences. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Are Chinese diasporas apolitical by nature or due to the political environment of their host countries? This paper explores this question by empirically examining Chinese diasporas' political participations in Southeast Asia from 1950 to 2004. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is an exploration of the political options open to Theravada Buddhist monks of Southeast Asia. Although these monks are constrained legally and religiously from overt political actions, in fact they are deeply political. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Southeast Asia’s international relations can be explained by an analytically eclectic framework on institutional creation, reproduction & change (internal dynamics) & the two-level interaction of institutions (external dynamics).The institutional components of the state & ASEAN influence each other in three ways: constitutive, regulative & shaping interpretive frames.Three case studies (haze, human rights & East Timor), which were studied with a modified process-tracing method, showed that states’ foundational principles & governance needs constituted & regulated ASEAN.State-building processes shaped actors’ interpretive frames of ASEAN as a diplomatic vehicle & later, as a limited agent for domestic change & regional governance.ASEAN shaped the interpretive frames of state & non-state actors, & regulated some state actions via informal means. ASEAN’s constitutive influence included the reinforcing some domestic institutions, the creation of new actors, deepening divisions among domestic organizations, building governance capacities, & the reproduction of domestic debates.The cases showed how the interaction of crises, actors & path-dependent processes affected the manner, nature & extent of change. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Indian Ocean Tsunami was one of the most devastating natural disasters the world has seen in the last fifty years. Following the calamities, the world responded and international actors went to work to relieve human suffering and rebuild the infrastructure that lay in ruins. This piece analyzes relief efforts in the Southeast region of Asia to examine which international actors have been most effective in offering aid and assistance. This study offers a typology of the actors involved in the region and their aid efforts. The research will explore the factors imparting effective assistance and determine what kinds of actors are most efficient in administering aid after a natural disaster. Finally, the piece suggests policy recommendations for the international community to regard when natural disasters leave a nation or nations to rebuild and recover. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The financial crisis changed ASEAN's approach to regional security by enabling ASEAN to intervene in the domestic affairs of its member states. It reflects a change in ASEAN's organizational identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

I examine and compare the effect of inter-state identity politics in Northeast (NEA) and Southeast Asia (SEA) for their respective conflict resolution and common policy making. Specifically, I analyze how evolving identity-relationships in the two different regions affect the resolution of their bilateral territorial disputes and the formation of common policies vis-à-vis extra-regional powers since 1980. .x000d..x000d.The empirical puzzle concerns (1) why SEA nations have managed to resolve two of their territorial disputes through the International Court of Justice, while NEA nations intensified their disputes; and (2) why SEA nations have a high degree convergence of foreign policies, whereas NEA nations have a rather low degree..x000d..x000d.I argue that it is this variation in identity-relationship that explains the variation in the two outcomes. Through content analysis of newspaper editorials in the six countries, I show that in NEA the degree of ingroup identity is low due to the past Japanese colonialism and unresolved issues regarding WWII. In contrast, in SEA the common realization of individual weakness, coupled with frequent interactions, has resulted in an increased sense of ingroup identity. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay will evaluate the origin, pattern and consequences of China’s economic statecraft in SEA with historical and theoretical analysis, and unfold under what conditions a developing economic structure may redefine states relations in SEA. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A pattern of FDI inflow of Southeast Asia is highly conditioned by the region's relations with the rest of the world. Technology, China, and regional problem contribute to a decrease of FDI inflow in Southeast Asian countries in 1990s. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Autocrats manage economic crises by placing adjustment costs on groups outside of the regime?s support coalition. Southeast Asian evidence shows that crises unseat autocrats only if they change the expected benefits of supporting the regime. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]