Dimensions of Development

Introduction to this Volume 7

Part I. Dimensions of regionalism in East Asia 9

Roger Y Chao Jr. – East Asian Regionalism: Perspectives, Realities and the Future 11
Anna Walkowiak – At the source of the lack of the security and cooperation complex in Northeast Asia 25
Joanna Dobkowska – Finding the balance. The role of Australia-Japan cooperation in the shaping of the Asia-Pacific security architecture 37
Marta Kosmala-Kozłowska – ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights: A “toothless tiger” or a prospect for a regional human rights regime in Southeast Asia? 49
Paweł Raja – Institutional changes in Malaysia. New dimensions of challenges after the global financial crisis 61

Part II. China’s internal and external development 75

Kao Pei-Shan – Rethinking the Development of US-China Relations 77
Michał Lubina – Burma in China’s Foreign Policy. The consequences of the ‘Burmese thaw’ for China-Myanmar relations 89
Nóra Szikorová – Expected future trends in Chinese Outward Direct Investments in Africa 101
Martin Grančay – China’s Civil Avionation at the beginning of the 21st Century – Can Europe remain competitive? 111
Yang Long, Hu Huixuan – The Adjustment of China’s Regional Development Strategy and Its Impact on Intergovernmental Relations 121
Magdalena Senderowska – New dimensions of China’s food security Japanese domestic affairs 133
Dominik Mierzejewski – Socio-economic stability, intra party democracy and the power transition in the Communist Party of China 141

Part III. Japanese domestic affairs 155

Karol Żakowski – New Parties in Japan – In the Search of a “Third Pole” on the Political Scene 157
Atsushi Tanaka – Unconventional Monetary Policy in Japan: An Empirical Study on its Effectiveness 171
Masahiro Yamada – Didn’t it mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing? Swing Voters and Accountability Mechanism in the Japanese Lower House Election 2009 183
Tetsukazu Okamoto – Twitter and Local Political Candidates in Japan: An Analysis of the 2011 Osaka Prefectural Assembly Election 199