EDITORIAL

ISSUE FOCUS

Regional Trade Agreement in the Global Economy

• Ying Bi, Rising Mega RTA? China-Japan-Korea FTA under the New Trade Dynamism
• Eric Yong Joong Lee, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as a US Strategic Alliance Initiative under the G2 System: Legal and Political Implications
• Yong Shik Lee, Regional Trade Agreements in the WTO System: Potential Issues and Solutions

ARTICLES

• Jaemin Lee, Collective Self-Defense or Collective Security? Japan's Reinterpretation of Article 9 of the Constitution
• Arina N. Shebubakar, International Agreement or Private Agreement? Uplift Policy in Oil and Gas Taxation in Production Sharing Contracts between Foreign Contractors and the Indonesian Government

NOTES & COMMENT

• Chao Zhang & Yen-Chiang Chang, Russian Absence at the Arctic Sunrise Case: A Comparison with the Chinese Position in the South China Sea Arbitration

REGIONAL FOCUS & CONTROVERSIES

Foreign Investment Protection in China

• Canada : Francois LeSieur
• China : Yongmin Bian

STUDENT CONTRIBUTION

• Arindrajit Basu & Arthad Kurlekar, "Leashing the Dogs of War": Towards a Modification of the Laws of Armed Conflict for the Regulation of the US Drone Strikes in Pakistan

INTERNATIONAL LAWYER

A Dialogue with Judicial Wisdom

• Professor Dr. Charn Kiu Kim

DIGEST

• Ad hoc Editorial Committee, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement was Reached (Asia-Pacific General)
• Xiangqian Gong, President Xi Jinping's State Visit to the United States (China)
• Ramya Ramachanderan, North Korea in the UN Disarmament Committee (DPRK)
• Woongjee Song, Inter-Korean Six Point Deal for Mutual Military Confidence (ROK)
• Nicholas Liu, Dispute Resolution in Inter-State & Investor-State Cases: The Asian Experience (Singapore)

EAST ASIAN OBSERVER

• Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi, International Cooperation in Criminal Matters: Recent Jurisprudence of the Malaysian Courts
• A. Sh. Khamzin & Zh.A.Khamzina & Y.A.Buribayev, The Decent Work Programme of Kazakhstan: Social and Labor Rights Protection from an Institutional Aspect of International Law

REVIEW

• Lijiang Zhu, International Humanitarian Law in the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council: An Empirical Survey (Jean Chang)

COMMUNICATION

PhD Viva

About the Authors

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