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Research review : searching for a new framework for Thailand's foreign policy in the post-cold war era

Aoki-Okabe, Maki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

Thai foreign policy in the 1990s has been said to be contingent on the government in power, which changes between (or within) these groups and vacillates between pro-democratic reformists/principle-pursuers and the conservatives/profit-seekers. In these studies, Thailandâ€™s Indochinese...

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Taiwan strait crises and Chiang Kai-shek's strategic thinking : a perspective from the Taiwan's archive

Matsumoto, Haruka - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

This paper uses Taiwan's archival documents to reexamine the two Taiwan Strait crises and the characteristics of Chiang Kai-shek's strategic thinking. Section 2 examines the oscillation of U.S. policy concerning the ROC's offensive toward mainland China and the defense of the Da-chen islands...

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The Confucius institutes and China's soft power

Ren, Zhe - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

The Confucius Institutes have been established by the Chinese government which operates them in collaboration with foreign universities and educational institutions in order to promote understanding of the Chinese language and culture. The first Confucius Institute opened its doors in Seoul,...

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IT Offshoring and India: Some Implications

Balatchandirane, G. - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007

There has been a large spurt in the offshore outsourcing of Information Technology (IT) recently. India has been a major recipient of such work. There have been loud protests against the "loss" of jobs in the US as work was shifted to India. The large inflow of IT related work has also had major...

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The Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1954-55 and U.S.-R.O.C Relations

Matsumoto I., Haruka - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2010

On September 3, 1954, Chinese artillery began shelling Quemoy (Jinmen), one of the Kuomintang-held offshore islands, setting off the first Taiwan Strait Crisis. This paper focuses on the crisis and analyzes the following three questions: (1) What was the policy the U.S. took towards the Republic...

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The Evolution of the "One China" Concept in the Process of Taiwan's Democratization

Matsumoto I., Haruka - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007

This paper investigates how Taiwan's "one China" concept evolved during the democratization process that occurred under the leadership of former President Lee Teng-hui. The author argues that there was a crucial evolution of the "one China" concept and that the transformation of the concept...

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Voting behavior in Indonesia from 1999 to 2014 : religious cleavage or economic performance?

Higashikata, Takayuki; Kawamura, Koichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

In this study, we examine the voting behavior in Indonesian parliamentary elections from 1999 to 2014. After summarizing the changes in Indonesian parties' share of the vote from a historical standpoint, we investigate the voting behavior with simple regression models to analyze the effect of...

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Consensus and democracy in Indonesia : Musyawarah-Mufakat revisited

Kawamura, Koichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

democratic stability in Indonesia. Musyawarah and mufakat (deliberation and consensus) are a traditional decision-making rule in … Indonesia which has often been observed in village meetings. This paper argues that this traditional decision-making rule is … still employed even in a modernized and democratized Indonesia, not only at rural assemblies but in the national parliament …

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Location choice in low-income countries : evidence from Japanese investments in East Asia

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Tsubota, Kenmei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

Unlike most existing studies, this paper examines the location choices of MNEs in developing countries. Specifically, we investigate the location choices of Japanese MNEs among East Asian developing countries by estimating a four-stage nested logit model at the province level. Noteworthy results...

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Market discipline by depositors : impact of deposit insurance on the Indonesian banking sector

Hamada, Miki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

fulfill its role in Indonesia? Does deposit insurance affect depositor behavior thereby imposing discipline on banks? These … questions are empirically examined using panel data on Indonesian commercial banks from 1998 to 2009. In Indonesia deposit …

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