Feb 22,2016 Special Forum

Southeast Asian Strategies toward the Great Powers: Still Hedging after All These Years?

Over the past two decades, our understanding of how the relatively small states of Southeast Asia engage in great power management has grown significantly. The tendency during the early 1990s to view Southeast Asian policymakers as having “no strategy” has been replaced by a small industry of scholars and analysts explicating Southeast Asian strategies towards […]

Evelyn Goh

Global War on Terror , South China Sea , Strategic engagement , Triangular hedging

May 23,2014 Special Forum

ASEAN-led Multilateralism and Regional Order: The Great Power Bargain Deficit

The post-Cold War East Asian and Asia-Pacific strategic landscape has been dominated by three factors: 1) the United States’ military preponderance underpinned by its hub-and-spokes San Francisco system of bilateral alliances; 2) China’s seemingly inexorable resurgence economically as well as diplomatically and militarily; and 3) the proliferation of multilateral regional dialogues, initiatives, and institutions, many […]

Evelyn Goh

ASEAN , great power bargain deficit , inclusivity , institution-racing , minimalist norms , multilateralism , regional order , restricted scope , small state voices

Sep 17,2013 Review Article

Making Headway on the “Economic-Security Nexus”: Contributions from Southeast Asia

What is the relationship between economic growth, interdependence, and competition on the one hand, and geopolitical security and stability on the other? Do international trade, production, and investment linkages intensify interdependence and foster common interests and values to the extent that they inhibit conflict? Or, is economic competition an inevitable extension of underlying geopolitical contests? […]

Evelyn Goh

ASEAN , Conflict Management , Economic Interdependence , Regime Insecurity , Vulnerability