particular reference to China and Japan assuming 'regional leader actor' roles. Key issues discussed by the list of distinguished … contributors include: the extent to which there is an East Asian region to lead, China-Japan relations, different aspects of Japan … region, how China and Japan have explored paths of regional leadership through certain regional and multilateral …

This unique book provides an assessment of an India-EU agreement, drawing on the theory of preferential agreements, the … history of India-European relations and the recent refocusing of the Indian economy. The authors explore both a broad overview …1. Imagine -- 2. Preferential trade agreements and the global trading environment -- 3. India's engagement with the …

Kantor -- 7. Is the US ready for FDI from China? : lessons from Japan's experience in the 1980s / Curtis J. Milhaupt …

The contributors to this book, from the US and Japan, explore the main issues involved in the international trade …, foreign direct investment, and macro/financial relations of the United States and Japan and provide guidance to policymakers … for measures to help overcome Japan's economic stagnation since the early 1990s. The book is divided into three parts …

1. Introduction to development in China, India and Japan -- 2. Development theory -- 3. An Asian leader : Japan … trajectory -- 6. Poverty and inequality in China, India and Japan -- 7. urbanization and migration -- 8. Demographics, education …, health and labor -- 9. The impact of development on the environment -- 10. Trade in China, India and Japan -- 11. Economic …

which can be classed as creators of new technologies (Japan, Korea and Israel) and those which possess the potential to … create new technologies (Singapore, Malaysia, India, South Africa and Brazil) …

European history. By contrast, China, India and the Islamic Middle East are regarded as inherently imperial and overcentralised … decentralised rule or inter state competition. The same is true for Japan. If the Hume-Kant hypothesis is correct, it should also … -- 4. Lessons from the history of Imperial China -- 5. Advantages of centralized and decentralized rule in Japan -- 6 …