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Asian Perceptions of Gulf Security book cover

1st Edition

Asian Perceptions of Gulf Security

Edited By Li-Chen Sim, Jonathan Fulton Copyright 2023
200 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Gulf stability is coming to play a larger role in the foreign policy calculus of many states, but the evolving role of Asian powers is largely under-represented in the International Relations literature. This volume addresses this gap with a set of empirically rich, theory driven case studies written by academics from or based in the countries in question. The underlying assumption is not that... Read more

1.Introduction
Li-Chen Sim and Jonathan Fulton

2.Asian Powers and a Transitioning Gulf Order
Jonathan Fulton

3.China’s ‘Zero-Enemy Policy’ in the Gulf: Dynamics and Tactics
Degang Sun

4.Japan’s Role in Gulf Security

Yee-Kuang Heng

5.(De)securitization Narratives Behind the Independent Deployment of the Cheonghae Unit to the Strait of Hormuz
Hae Won Jeong

6.The Strategic Culture in Singapore: Impact on Relations with the Gulf
Li-Chen Sim

7.India in the Gulf: Multialignment in the Shadow of Regional (In)security
Md. Muddassir Quamar

8.Pakistan’s Political and Security Engagement with the Gulf Countries
Umer Karim

9.Asia in an Emerging Gulf Collective Security Framework
N. Janardhan

Biography

Li-Chen Sim is Assistant Professor, Institute of Civil and International Security at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Jonathan Fulton is Assistant Professor of Political Science in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

While the ‘Asianisation of Asia’ continues to spread roots and deepen pan-Asian relations along the axes of energy cooperation, security partnership, trade and investment, and people-to-people exchanges, little concrete and theoretically informed attention has been paid to wider Asian perceptions of West Asia. This magnificent volume is rectifying this and has given us a detailed and well-informed understanding of the key Asian countries’ relations with their West Asian counterparts and the security concerns which underpin their policies.

Prof Anoush Ehteshami, Durham University

As policy and academic interest for Gulf-Asian relations has been on the rise, the project led by Li-Chen Sim and Jonathan Fulton comes at a critical time. The angle of their research and the questions addressed in the country-specific case studies will bring new perspectives to a field that has been lacking Asian views - be it from China, Japan, Korea, or Singapore - on the Gulf. The background of the eight contributors should ensure the rigor of the scholarship. At the same, the variety of their nationalities is a good indicator of the diversity of views.

Jean-Loup Samaan, Ph.D, Senior Research Fellow, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore

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