Defining globalization and global leadership is a daunting task. Both are relatively new terms and phenomenon, yet were born out of the integration of diverse constructs. The challenge to global leaders is in properly contextualizing the meaning and expression of globalization in their...

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) centrality was one of the biggest motivations for ASEAN's proposal of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in 2011. In order to gain both politically and economically, ASEAN should play proactive roles in the RCEP negotiation as...

Scant attention has been given to the leadership role Japan plays in international affairs. Japan has been criticized as being a 'reactive state', unable or unwilling to lead. When it did act, scholars argued it was because of external pressure called gaiatsu. I question this characterization of...