Thailand's increasing importance as a regional co-production base and as an intra-regional trade and border trade hub is due mainly to recent changes in its economic structure, namely, the lack of operational workers, rises in wages, and increases in outward foreign direct investment (FDI),...

Creating the framework for cross-border infrastructure cooperation often requires the active role of a third party, an honest broker, to forge convergence of interests. It is often argued that deep European Union (EU)-style integration is a necessary, though not sufficient, condition for...

Thailand's increasing importance as a regional co-production base and as an intra-regional trade and border trade hub is due mainly to recent changes in its economic structure, namely, the lack of operational workers, rises in wages, and increases in outward foreign direct investment (FDI),...

Creating the framework for cross-border infrastructure cooperation often requires the active role of a third party, an “honest brokerâ€, to forge convergence of interests. It is often argued that “deep†European Union (EU)-style integration is a necessary, though...

Creating the framework for cross-border infrastructure cooperation often requires the active role of a third party, an “honest brokerâ€, to forge convergence of interests. It is often argued that “deep†European Union (EU)-style integration is a necessary, though...

Creating the framework for cross-border infrastructure cooperation often requires the active role of a third party, an “honest broker”, to forge convergence of interests. In this paper, the authors take issue with the myth that transnational cross-border infrastructure cooperation is the...

This paper analyzes how the European Union has responded to Inward Foreign Direct Investment from Emerging Markets, particularly in the so-called Strategic Industries. Attention is focused on two sectors which have long been considered strategic assets by most countries around the world for...

He obtained his B.A. in Law from the University of Tokyo in 1980. Currently, he is the Vice President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Before joining JICA in July 2009, he held multiple positions in Diplomatic Services. He served as Minister at the Embassy of Japan in Indonesia...

Se graduó en Derecho en la Universidad de Tokio en 1980. En la actualidad, es Vicepresidente de la Agencia de Cooperación Internacional del Japón (JICA). Antes de ingresar a la JICA en julio de 2009, desempeño varios cargos en el Servicio Diplomático de su país. Fue Ministro de la Embajada...