During the past decade, ASEAN has shifted its focus from political and military security to economic co-operation and development. Although this change may ease the integration of the four mainland Southeast Asian nations -- Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia – into ASEAN, there remain...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Half-Life of Policy Rationales: How New Technology Affects Old Policy Issues -- 1. Technology,Marine Conservation, and Fisheries Management -- 2. The Lighthouse as a Private-Sector Collective Good -- 3. Motorway Financing and...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1: Changing Places: The Local and the Global in Tourist Communities -- 1. 'If It Wasn't for the Tourists We Wouldn't Have an Audience': The Case of Tourism and Traditional Music in North Mayo -- 2. Defining the Local: The...

Part 1 - Theoretical and Conceptual Framing of Climate Change Governance -- Part2 - Case Studies I : Policy-related and Governmental Approaches -- Part 3 - Case Studies II: Business-related and Technical Approaches

Constructing Theories of Diplomacy: Preparing for China’s Transition to Global Great Power -- The Implications of Xi Jinping’s Thinking on Comprensive National Security -- Great Power Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics -- From Keeping China’s True Strength Hidden to Striving to Shine...