1st Edition

Asia-Pacific Security Dynamics in the Obama Era A New World Emerging

By S Mahmud Ali Copyright 2012
240 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the critical changes to the Asia-Pacific security architecture emerging in the context of shifts in the global order as the Obama Administration’s major strategic innovation and likely legacy unfold. The author reviews the state of the international security system during the Obama presidency, recording the Administration’s Asia-Pacific inheritance, and tracing its efforts to... Read more

Prologue: Shifting Tectonic Plates  2. Obama’s Early Initiatives and Beijing’s Response  3. The Japan-Australia-India Strategic Triangle  4. The Kremlin’s Gamesmanship  5. ASEAN’s Security Nightmares  Epilogue: A New Cold War?

Biography

Dr S. Mahmud Ali is an Associate at the London School of Economics IDEAS East Asia International Affairs Programme.