Book Series

ASEAN-CHINA COOPERATION FOR POVERTY REDUCTION

Editors: GUO Yanjun; YANG Yue

Publisher: World Scientific

This book is a collection of working group papers contributed by members of Network of ASEAN China Think tanks (NACT) and covers best practices on poverty alleviation in ASEAN member states as well as in China and ASEAN-China cooperation. It discusses experiences of ASEAN member states and China such as with regard to national policies, principles, definitions, approaches, progress, and challenges in poverty reduction. It reviews and evaluates the way forward including existing joint projects, opportunities, and challenges in the future cooperation and offers policy recommendations from both national and regional perspectives to help policymakers better cope with the daunting poverty challenges.
ACHIEVING SUSTAINING PEACE THROUGH PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY

Editors: GUO Yanjun; HAN Zhili

Publisher: World Scientific

Structured on this thematic challenge, this book aims to present new approaches and practices of preventative diplomacy, inspired by diplomatic innovation of Asia-Pacific countries and around the world, such as adaptive peace approach, continental approach, dominant coalition, and new leadership in peacebuilding, etc., and takes account recent literature on normative issues relating to preventative diplomacy, such as international rule of law, normative entanglements and evolution, the international, impartial and independent mechanism, the evolution of the norm against child soldiers, the implementation of the woman peace and security agenda, and the role of Jus Post Bellum in the UN peace operations.