The Look East policy has emerged as an important foreign policy initiative of India in the post-Cold War period. It was launched in 1991 by the Narasimha Rao government with the aim of developing political contacts, increasing economic integration and forging security cooperation with countries...

Despite China’s claims of a foreign policy of ‘peaceful rise’/‘peaceful development’ and of seeking a ‘harmonious world’, and despite its economic openness and active participation in economic multilateralism, China’s neighbours continue to be...

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the behaviour of four Southeast Asian stock markets during the intervals of high uncertainties that accompany crises. Our analysis emphasises the effect of unexpected volatility shifts on market efficiency of the four emerging Southeast Asian markets over...