...Holly High In 2020, Laos successfully contained the spread of COVID-19, with very few cases and no deaths. The key elements of the COVID-19 response reflect not only public health advice but also the core values of the political culture promoted by the ruling Lao People’s Revolutionary Party...

...Gilbert Rozman Australia is a middle power caught between rising dependence on China, which seeks a sinocentric region, and growing security reliance on the U.S., which strives for a trans-Pacific community supporting universal values. In light of the Sino-U.S. identity gap and different concepts...

... through soft power. Japan's response uses the concept of community based on universal values. © 2010 By the Regents of the University of California regionalism values soft power China soft balancing YUL SOHN Japan s New Regionalism China Shock, Values, and the East Asian Community ABSTRACT...