ASEAN and Regional Actors in the Indo-Pacific

Dr. Chosein Yamahata is a Professor of Global and Area Studies at the Graduate School of Policy Studies, Aichi Gakuin University, Japan. Professor Dr. Sueo Sudo is an Adjunct Lecturer at the Graduate School of Policy Studies, Aichi Gakuin University, Japan, who teaches at Thammasat University in Thailand.

• Part I Revealing India’s Impacts.- 1 New Geopolitical Landscape and Resource Security.- 2 India’s Look East and Act East Policies from a Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.- 3 The Role of India in South Asia’s Economic Development.- 4 Financial Stability of Microfinance Institutions in the Post Global Financial Crisis: A Case of South Asia.- 5 India and Southeast Asia Relations: Evolution, Challenges and Recent Developments.- 6 India’s Vaccine Diplomacy: Implications for Regional Connectivity and Global Security.- Part II Reinforcing Japan-Myanmar Relations.- 7 Japan-Myanmar Relations in Democratising Development: Disordered Army State to a Hybrid Democracy.- 8 Patterns of Myanmar’s Foreign Policy: The Case of Omni-balancing in Changing Environment.- 9 Japan’s Mekong Policy and Myanmar: Complementing a Viable Strategic Partnership.- 10 Patterns of Japanese Development Assistance for Social Transformation in Reform-Era Myanmar.- 11 Promoting Human Security by Japanese NGOs: Filling the void in G-to-G Assistance in Myanmar.- 12 Strengthening Press Freedom in Myanmar from Japan’s Perspective.- 13 The Post-2020 Election Democratic Consolidation in Myanmar: Possibilities, Challenges and Collaborations.- Part III Reviewing ASEAN Centrality.- 14 ASEAN Centrality and Outlook on Indo-Pacific: The Origin, Adjustment and Opportunity.- 15 Japan’s Relations with ASEAN Post-COVID19: Navigating the New Cold War.- 16 China’s Role of Trade and Investment in CLMV: Cross the Mekong River by First Touching the Stone.- 17 Energy Transition in Thailand and Southeast Asia through China’s Energy Diplomacy.- 18 India’s Commitment to ASEAN and the China Conundrum.- 19 The Triangle of Connectivity: The India-Myanmar-Japan Relations and Changing Currents in ASEAN.