ASIEN – Nr. 128 Juli 2013 East Asia’s Role in a New Era of Global Economic GovernanceIssue Editor Sebastian Bersick und and Jörn-Carsten Gottwald
Editorial Team Günter Schucher
Editorial Manager Benedikt Skowasch

• Nr. 128 (2013) Editorial 5–8 {:en}East Asia’s Role in a New Era of Global Economic GovernanceWhen the current global financial crisis (GFC) broke out in 2008, observers soon embarked on a discussion on whether or not this would create a new leading role for East Asia. A first global summit on financial regulation and the global financial crisis held in Washington in November 2008 turned out to be the starting … von by Sebastian Bersick und and Jörn-Carsten Gottwald
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• Nr. 128 (2013) Artikel Article 9–27 {:en}Power Shifts and China’s Challenges to Global Financial GovernanceThis paper aims to identify and assess the challenges facing global financial governance as a result of the shift of power from the West to the East in the world. It argues that these challenges are too weak to be able to alter the pattern of global financial governance in any significant way in the … von by Gerald Chan
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• Nr. 128 (2013) Artikel Article 28–44 {:en}Existing and Emerging Powers in the G20: The Case of East AsiaOver the last twenty years, global financial integration and global financial volatility have greatly increased. The 2008 crisis represented a peak in the vulnerability of all countries around the world with regard to global financial volatility. In response to this volatility and as the first line of defense, states have used a growing array of … von by Yves Tiberghien und and Niall Duggan
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• Nr. 128 (2013) Artikel Article 45–62 {:en}Focused Leadership: China’s New Role in Global Economic GovernanceChina’s rise in global politics and economics has further fueled perceptions of an East Asian dominance of global institutions. From a power-shift perspective, the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) provides a window of opportunity for a rising power to change existing norms and organizations and to push for the creation of new ones. Although the PRC … von by Sebastian Bersick und and Jörn-Carsten Gottwald
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• Nr. 128 (2013) Artikel Article 62–77 {:en}Regional Mediator: A New Role for South KoreaThis article aims at assessing the extent to which the G20 is empowering middlerange countries by analyzing the case of South Korea in the G20 process from an economics perspective. It examines South Korea’s ability to play the role of a regional mediator, particularly through its active role in hosting one of the post-GFC summits, … von by Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan
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• Nr. 128 (2013) Artikel Article 78–92 {:en}Japan’s Role in the New Global Economic Governance: Domestic and international factorsJapan has traditionally assumed the role of regional representative in the leading mechanisms of global economic governance as the leading economic power in East Asia, historically speaking, and the only non-European/North American member of the G7/8. However, the rise of the G20, the inclusion of a number of Asian countries, and the supposed eclipse of … von by Hugo Dobson
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• Nr. 128 (2013) Forschung und Lehre Research and Teaching 133–45 {:de}Einführung in die Sicherheitspolitik Ostasiens Teil 2This introductory article on East Asian security policy will appear in three parts. The first two will sketch important issue areas and outline major developments and trends. The focus will be on questions of regional order: What does security in East Asia depend on? Who creates it? Who threatens it? Part 1 discusses theoretical approaches … von by Martin Wagener
• Nr. 128 (2013) Neuere Literatur 146–53 {:de}Neuere Literatur über AsienDie Mitglieder der DGA sind herzlich aufgefordert, ihre neuesten Veröffentlichungen der Redaktion zu melden. von by Uwe Kotzel

Konferenzberichte

• The China Model: A Challenge to the European Varieties of Capitalism, Hamburg, 08.–10. Dezember 2012 (Jari John)
• Participatory Pop: Audiences, Life Styles and Fan Culture in 20th Century Southeast Asia, KITLV Jakarta, 10.–11. Januar 2013 (Amanda Kovacs)
• 3. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Südasien in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie, Heidelberg, 25.–26. Januar 2013 (Martin Franz, Mareike Kroll und Thomas Lennartz)
• Sozialwissenschaftlicher China-Workshop „Iserlohn 2012“, Iserlohn, 02.–03. Februar 2013 (Max D. Zellmer)
• Regional Order and Regionalism in Asia, Peking, 16.–17. März 2013 (Nicola Nymalm)
• 10th Annual Conference of the European Association of Taiwan Studies, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, and European Association of Taiwan Studies, Lyon, 02.–04. May 2013 (Ann Heylen and Jens Damm)
• Interdisciplinary Aspects of Well-Being in Changing Societies, Bad Homburg, 21.–23. Mai 2013 (Jeanette Ziehm)
• Erinnerungskulturen post-imperialer Nationen, Konferenz im Internationalen Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg, 27.–29. Mai 2013 (Dietmar Rothermund)
• Leadership and Authority in Asia: Politische Führung und Führungsstile in Asien, Wissenschaftliche Tagung der DGA, Berlin, 20.–21. Juni 2013 (Miriam Franz)

Rezensionen

• Dirk Bronger, Lutz Trettin (Hgg.): Megastädte. Global Cities Heute. Das Zeitalter Asiens? (Wolfgang-Peter Zingel)
• Enrico Fels, Jan Frederik-Kremer, Katharina Kronenberg (Hgg.): Power in the 21st Century. International Security and International Political Economy in a Changing World (Eva Schwinghammer)
• Christopher E. Goscha: Historical Dictionary of the Indochina War (1945–1954). An International and Interdisciplinary Approach (Volker Grabowsky)
• Jonthan Menge: Zivilgesellschaft in Vietnam. Ein westlich-demokratisches Konzept auf dem Prüfstand (David Schnabel)
• Anthony J. S. Reid: Indonesia Rising. The Repositioning of Asia’s Third Giant (Malte Drewes)
• Gerd R. Zimmermann: Die Besiedlung Madagaskars durch „Indonesier“ (Alexandra Kraatz)
• Benjamin Page, Xie Tao: Living with the Dragon. How the American Public Views the Rise of China (Ekkehard Kleindienst)
• Jianying Zha: Tide Players. The Movers and Shakers of a Rising China (Lin Hang)
• Nora Sausmikat, Klaus Fritsche (Hgg.): Civil Society in European-Chinese Relations. Challenges of Cooperation (Elisa Hörhager)
• Sammelrezension: New Perspectives on Taiwan (André Beckershoff) 
• Graham Allison, Robert D. Blackwill et al.: Lee Kuan Yew. The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Christoph Unrast)
• Patricia L. Maclachlan: The People’s Post Office. The History and Politics of the Japanese Postal System, 1971–2010 (Albrecht Rothacher)
• Reinhard Zöllner, Yoshio Nakamura (Hgg.): Culture and Contents. Understanding Contents Business in Japan and the World (Christiane Laumann)
• Patrick McEachern: Inside the Red Box. North Korea’s Post-Totalitarian Politics (Roland Hiemann)
• Dieter Schuh: Reise in die Geschichte Baltistans. Band 1–4. Expedition in ein immer noch unbekanntes Land. Sonderausgabe der Tibet-Encyclopaedia (Matthias Schmidt)

Forschung / Lehre / Informationen

• Konferenzankündigungen: September bis November 2013
• Serie: Einführung in die Einführung in die Sicherheitspolitik Ostasiens, Teil 2 (Martin Wagener)

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