This Palgrave Pivot uses a simple model from game theory to explain the behavior of countries disputing ownership of resources and of small islands in the South China Sea. It argues that the rapid transformation of the region's economy - the rise of Factory Asia - is not being acknowledged,...

One must assume that people in one's models do not know what is going to happen, and know that they do not know what is going to happen. --J. R. Hicks, quoted in P. Davidson (1981) This article presents the results of a series of exercises in the use of small-scale models to explain the spot...

This paper discusses the need for a set of policies encouraging economic co-operation within the former Soviet Union states of Central Asia.<NOTER HREF="note1"></NOTER><NOTE ID="note1"><P>Central Asia is the focus of this report; however, the argument emphasizing the need for international assistance to support regional cooperation is valid...</p></note></noter>