University of South Carolina Scholar Commons Theses and Dissertations 2015 The Liberal Commercial Peace, Regional Considerations: International Relations of Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the European Union Countries Chienwu Hsueh University of South Carolina Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd Part of the Political Science Commons Recommended Citation Hsueh, C.(2015). The Liberal Commercial Peace, Regional Considerations: International Relations of Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the European Union Countries. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/3571 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you by Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE LIBERAL COMMERCIAL PEACE, REGIONAL CONSIDERATIONS: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, LATIN AMERICA, AND THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES by Chienwu Hsueh Bachelor of Arts National Chengchi University, Taiwan, 2004 Master of Arts National Chengchi University, Taiwan, 2007 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science College of Arts & Sciences University of South Carolina 2015 Accepted by: Timothy M. Peterson, Major Professor John Fuh-Sheng Hsieh, Committee Member Harvey Starr, Committee Member Gerald McDermott, Committee Member Lacy Ford, Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies © Copyright by Chienwu Hsueh, 2015 All Rights Reserved. ii DEDICATION To my father, Tiencheng Hsueh (薛天成); my mother, Shumei Ku (古淑媚); my uncle, Tunglo Liu (劉銅鑼); my aunt, Hsin Tung (董信); and, my wife, Tingchia Wang (王廷嘉). And, to my senior and good friend, Tsungmu Wu (吳宗穆).