In this multi-disciplinary and multi-sited volume, the authors challenge reductionist and oversimplifying approaches to understanding China's engagement with Southeast Asia. Productively viewing these interactions through a "resource lens", the editor has transcended disciplinary and area...

China's rise exerts a powerful pull on ASEAN economies and constitutes an impetus for a resinicization of Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. China has become a skilled practitioner of 'commercial diplomacy', and as long as it continues to lead the way in regional integration, China's state-led...

-- Chapter 1_Decision Making in Social Systems. -- Chapter 2_Abductive Drama Theory Approach for Structuring and Analysing Systemic Pathologies of Social Interactions: Case of Peer-to-Peer Accomodation. -- Chapter 3_Anticipating Uncertainties with Scenario Planning: Case Studies in Indonesia. --...

The sheer volume of debt hanging over Asian companies suggests that corporate insolvency should remain a top policy concern.  This, despite signs of improvement resulting from dramatic regulatory overhauls that followed the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis.  Moreover, the absence of widespread...