Canada is the one of the first in-depth studies of China's increasing interest in the Arctic. It offers a holistic approach to understanding Chinese motivations and the potential impacts of greater Chinese presence in the circumpolar region, exploring resource development, shipping, scientific...

Using a purposive online and paper-based survey and focus group discussions with select target groups, this study makes inferences about the level of awareness of the Filipino people on ASEAN; their perceived problems confronting the Philippines and ASEAN; and their aspirations, concerns, and...

This paper reviews the literature on the likely economic consequences of Brexit and considers the lessons of the Brexit vote for the future of European and global integration. Brexit will make the United Kingdom poorer because it will lead to new barriers to trade and migration between the...

The policy response of many African commodity exporting economies to the slump in commodity prices after mid-2014 has been markedly different from that of commodity exporters elsewhere. First, few African countries allowed their currency to depreciate as much as other EMEs, for instance in Latin...

Introduction / Richard Aidoo -- Politicizing economic reform in Africa: Ghana's political-economic framework / Lord Mawuko-Yevugah -- Is there a consensus from Ottawa? Canada's role in Ghana's economic reforms / Ernest Opoku-Boateng -- EU as a democratic and development partner in Ghana:...

"This ten-year review of Cameroon's economic, social and political events covers a delicate period in the recent history of this Central African country, rich in natural and human resources. It begins with a difficult year: 2008 was marked by serious socio-political unrest linked to the wish of...

Introduction : transoceanic mobility and modern imperialism -- Kongsi Tiga : security and insecurity on Hajj ships -- Java-China-Japan Lijn : Asian shipping and imperial representation -- The Dutch mails : passenger liners as colonial classrooms -- Pan-Islamism abroad: regulation and resistance...

This book considers the current and future significance of the G20 by using International Relations theory to examine its political impact as an informal form of global governance. International Relations theory is shown to represent a broad range of political positions that can effectively...

Part I: Imagining spaces through mobility -- Cartographies of connectivity in Asia and the Indian response / Priya Singh -- Interwoven realities : logistics and the reshaping of global governance / Anita Sengupta -- Financialisation of infrastructure and the construction of a 'seamless Asia' /...

With more than 25 years since the collapse of communism, the end of the wars and billions of dollars in aid, the Balkans are still characterized by corruption, state capture, and decidedly unmodern states that are often either weak or authoritarian. Taking the contemporary Balkans as a starting...

This book analyses Chinese discourse on Indian attitudes towards the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI), and argues that the Indian discourse is becoming one of the biggest hurdles to China creating its own narrative about China's rise in Asia and beyond. In doing so, it spans across the themes of the...