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Image-building has been an important goal of China's foreign policy. Humanitarian diplomacy provides a useful instrument to build a benign international image, given the altruistic nature of humanitarian action. China's humanitarian diplomacy has undergone changes in recent years, such as substantial increases in humanitarian spending, institutional reforms and the emergence of Chinese non-state actors. The existing literature on China's humanitarian activities is scant due to the country's limited engagement in global humanitarian action previously. This article aims to contribute to the scholarship by examining China's humanitarian activities in Southeast Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of image-building. Specifically, it answers the questions of how China uses humanitarian action to improve its international image and how effective such efforts have been. This article finds that the outcome of China's image-building through humanitarian activities is influenced by the severity of the crisis, the national response of the country affected and the perceived legitimacy of China's action. It concludes that China's humanitarian diplomacy has achieved mixed outcomes in Southeast Asia. While China has been recognized as a major provider of help during the pandemic, its assistance has not substantially improved its image in the region.

This article examines China and India's status-seeking efforts in Southeast Asia through the lens of disaster relief cooperation. It explores status-seeking processes and the region's responses, as well as how these shape the regional security order in the Asia-Pacific. We argue that the outcomes of China and India's status-seeking are determined by their own behaviours and the region's interpretations of them. Our analysis reveals that China seeks to elevate its status to become a leading security partner of Southeast Asia, which has only been partially accepted by the region, as demonstrated by its active and institutionalized cooperation with ASEAN but its haphazard bilateral HADR engagement with individual Southeast Asian countries. Meanwhile, India has gone from a low-key player to an important partner, primarily in military terms, as shown by its membership in regional multilateral institutions, the holding of regular bilateral exercises and an acceptance by Southeast Asian states of the deployment of its military for HADR missions. (Contemp Southeast Asia / GIGA)

Viewed through the standard prisms of international politics, escalation of security tensions is the definitive feature in the evolution of relations between China and Southeast Asia over the last decade. Disagreements over territorial ownership of and rights to the South China Sea sharpened and arguably became the defining feature of regional geopolitics. Yet, China and Southeast Asia have also managed to prove predictions of fateful conflict to be premature. In this article, we study Chinese and Southeast Asian strands of security discourse, which provide political and diplomatic cover for cooperative interaction in parallel with little or no compromise on security principles. Then we select interactions between China and the Philippines and China and Vietnam as cases to illustrate our observations. We conclude by postulating that, at least in the maritime space, tension management rather than conflict resolution is more likely to be the continuing feature into the future.

Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN examines the current state of governance of non-traditional security challenges confronting the ASEAN region. The book takes an issue-specific approach to investigating how ASEAN states and societies govern many of the pressing non-traditional security issues, such as climate change, food security, environmental protection, humanitarian assistance and disaster response, health security, nuclear security, and human trafficking and forced displacement. With non-traditional security as an established concept in the policy and scholarly communities in ASEAN, this book moves beyond securitization and focuses on capacity-building, regional cooperation and institutions for dealing with non-traditional security challenges in the region. Through the development of a comprehensive analytical framework that examines the processes of governing non-traditional security problems, the editors put together chapters that identify some of the major gaps and challenges in managing many of the pressing security issues in Southeast Asia. Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN provides a systemic assessment of the state of governance of the most pressing challenges in the region. The authors analyse the ways in which particular issues are addressed at national and regional levels and by different stakeholders. In spite of the differences among various non-traditional security issues, the analysis of the chapters converge on three core themes for enhancing governance, which include engagement of multiple actors, effective enforcement of national and regional laws and regulations, and better coordination between different actors. As such, Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN contributes to policy making by highlighting the key agendas that call for national action and promoting and deepening regional cooperation in governing non-traditional security.

Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN examines the current state of governance of non-traditional security challenges confronting the ASEAN region. The book takes an issue-specific approach to investigating how ASEAN states and societies govern many of the pressing non-traditional security issues, such as climate change, food security, environmental protection, humanitarian assistance and disaster response, health security, nuclear security, and human trafficking and forced displacement.

Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN examines the current state of governance of non-traditional security challenges confronting the ASEAN region. The book takes an issue-specific approach to investigating how ASEAN states and societies govern many of the pressing non-traditional security issues, such as climate change, food security, environmental protection, humanitarian assistance and disaster response, health security, nuclear security, and human trafficking and forced displacement.

Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN examines the current state of governance of non-traditional security challenges confronting the ASEAN region. The book takes an issue-specific approach to investigating how ASEAN states and societies govern many of the pressing non-traditional security issues, such as climate change, food security, environmental protection, humanitarian assistance and disaster response, health security, nuclear security, and human trafficking and forced displacement. With non-traditional security as an established concept in the policy and scholarly communities in ASEAN, this book moves beyond securitization and focuses on capacity-building, regional cooperation and institutions for dealing with non-traditional security challenges in the region. Through the development of a comprehensive analytical framework that examines the processes of governing non-traditional security problems, the editors put together chapters that identify some of the major gaps and challenges in managing many of the pressing security issues in Southeast Asia. Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN provides a systemic assessment of the state of governance of the most pressing challenges in the region. The authors analyse the ways in which particular issues are addressed at national and regional levels and by different stakeholders. In spite of the differences among various non-traditional security issues, the analysis of the chapters converge on three core themes for enhancing governance, which include engagement of multiple actors, effective enforcement of national and regional laws and regulations, and better coordination between different actors. As such, Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN contributes to policy making by highlighting the key agendas that call for national action and promoting and deepening regional cooperation in governing non-traditional security.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- 1. Beyond Securitization: Governing NTS Issues in Southeast Asia -- 2. Climate Change and Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia -- 3. Southeast Asia's Food Security: Inflection Point? -- 4. Marine Environmental Protection in the South China Sea -- 5. Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response -- 6. Advancing a Regional Pathway to Enhance Nuclear Energy Governance in Southeast Asi -- 7. Trafficking in Persons -- 8. Displaced Populations and Regional Governance in Southeast Asia -- 9. Health Security Challenges in Asia: New Agendas for Strengthening Regional Cooperation in Health Security -- Annex 1. ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response Vientiane, 26 July 2005 -- Annex 2. ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children -- Annex 3. EAST ASIA SUMMIT LEADERS' STATEMENT ON COMBATING MARINE PLASTIC DEBRIS -- INDEX

On her visit to India in 2012, former prime minister Julia Gillard noted that Australia was experienced in negotiating agreements on uranium: �We�ve done it in the past, and we�ve done it on the basis that Australian uranium is only used for peaceful purposes.� 1 Her visit to India was a milestone in overturning the Labor Party�s longstanding policy that banned uranium exports to nuclear-armed India. Little has changed since then even with Australia�s new federal government taking office in September 2013. In fact, given the rising prices of Australia�s natural resources, uranium exports are likely to be further catalyzed under Tony Abbott�s prime ministership given the emphasis on economic growth in Liberal Party policy. Gillard�s reversal of the ban on uranium exports also sets the stage for potentially expanding ASEAN-Australia economic ties. This is particularly so given the increasing energy demands of Southeast Asian countries, coupled with proposed civil nuclear energy projects to meet the demand, despite the initial shocks and aversion to nuclear energy following the Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011.

Chapter 1: The Evolving Humanitarian Landscape: Rise of the Asia-Pacific Region -- Chapter 2: China and Humanitarian Affairs: Thinking, Policy and Prospects -- Chapter 3: The PLA's HADR Operations at Home and Abroad: Embedding War Preparation in Humanitarian Endeavors -- Chapter 4: Sino-Nepal Cooperation in Disasters: Dynamics and Challenges -- Chapter 5: Chinese Humanitarian Leadership in the UN and Multilateral System -- Chapter 6: India's Response to Humanitarianism: A Synopsis -- Chapter 7: Japan's New Security Perspective on Humanitarian Assistance -- Chapter 8: Australia and the South Pacific Islands in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief -- Chapter 9: Active Regional Humanitarian Platforms – The case of ASEAN -- Chapter 10: Reinforcing Universal Values for Humanitarian Cooperative Arrangements in Asia -- Chapter 11: Military Humanitarianism in the Asia-Pacific -- Chapter 12: Indonesia's Humanitarian Engagements: Perspectives, Limitations and Prospects -- Chapter 13: The Humanitarian Face of US-Philippines Security Alliance: Humanitarian partners, friends and allies -- Chapter 14: The Role of Civil Society in Disaster Response – the Philippine Experience -- Chapter 15: Private Sector: Under-appreciated actors in disaster response and recovery -- Chapter 16: Future Research Directions for Humanitarian Affairs in the Asia-Pacific.

Intro -- Contents -- The Evolving Humanitarian Landscape: Rise of the Asia-Pacific Region -- 1 Trends and Issues in the Humanitarian Sector -- 2 Relevance of the Asia-Pacific Region -- References -- China and Humanitarian Affairs: Thinking, Policy and Prospects -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Cultural Roots of Humanitarianism -- 3 Humanitarianism in the Context of Chinese Foreign Policy -- 4 Opportunities and Challenges -- References -- The PLA's HADR Operations at Home and Abroad: Embedding War Preparation in Humanitarian Endeavors -- 1 Conceptualizing the PLA's Functions to China's Overall HADR Endeavors -- 1.1 The Symbiosis Between the PLA HADR and Regime Security -- 1.2 The Symbiosis Between HADR Challenges and PLA MOOTW -- 1.3 The Symbiosis Between PLA HADR Missions and Military Operations of War -- 2 The PLA's Capability Enhancement for HADR Operations -- References -- Sino-Nepal Cooperation in Disasters: Dynamics and Challenges -- 1 Elevated Sino-Nepal Cooperation in Disaster Relief over the Past Decade -- 2 Driving Forces and UN -- 3 Looking Forward: Opportunities and Challenges -- Chinese Humanitarian Leadership in the UN and Multilateral System -- 1 Introduction -- 2 China in the UN Humanitarian System -- 3 China and Multilateral Humanitarian Affairs -- 4 A Brief Prospect -- India's Response to Humanitarianism: A Synopsis -- Japan's New Security Perspective on Humanitarian Assistance -- Australia and the South Pacific Islands in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief -- 1 Regional Geopolitics -- 2 The Australian Contribution: Objectives and Practice -- References -- Regional Humanitarian Platforms-The Case of ASEAN -- Reference -- Reinforcing Universal Values for Humanitarian Cooperative Arrangements in Asia -- 1 The Changing Humanitarian Landscape -- 2 Redefinition of Sovereignty -- 3 Emergence of Universalism.