Journal updates

This special issue aims to unpack the geopolitical and security aspects of digital trade in light of the swiftly changing landscape of the international trade regime in the digital age. Through our investigation, we seek to understand the impact of geopolitical and security considerations on the evolving landscape of digital trade at both regional (Asian) and global scales.

Guest editors：

Xuechen Chen, Faculty of Social Science, Northeastern University London, UK

Xinchuchu Gao, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK

Jilong Yang, College of International Relations, Huaqiao University, China

Chi Zhang, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK

This special issue aims to examine the trends and to explore the causes and consequences of governance in Southeast Asia. We welcome contributions that focus on international, domestic, and/or regional governance, and also encourage submissions that study the interaction among the three.

Guest Editors:

Thomas Pepinsky, Department of Government & Southeast Asian Program, Cornell University, US

Zhaohui Wang, School of International Relations & Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Xiamen University, China

This special issue aims to explore the complex relationships between basic research, research and development (R&D), commercialization of scientific and technological achievements, and sustainable economic development in countries in Asia and beyond, with a particular focus on implications of the interplay of these factors for developing economies.

Guest Editors:

Yongnian Zheng, The Institute for International Affairs, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
Ping Huang, The Institute for International Affairs, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
Randong Yuan, The Institute for International Affairs, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China

To enhance the quality and impact of the journal and toto engage with your researchers, ARPE is now recruiting Young Editorial Board Members worldwide.

The aim of this special issue is to shed light on the causes and consequences of the emerging geopolitical dynamics and tensions involving Asia as well as the multifaceted considerations of states and businesses in realigning and readjusting their economic relationships with one another in the post-pandemic era. The editors of the special issue welcome scholarly articles that engage with one or more theoretical perspectives from international and/or comparative political economy and focus on single or multiple countries, institutions, and/or various state and non-state actors in Asia and the connected regions.

Guest editors:

Andrew X. Li, Department of International Relations, Central European University (Vienna and New York). 

Jian Xu, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore (Singapore).

Read more about Editor-in-Chief Professor Yongnian Zheng, the honorary director of the Institution of Politics and Economics (IPE) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Asian Review of Political Economy is fully sponsored by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Authors do not need to pay an article processing charge. For more information, please contact  arpe@sjtu.edu.cn