1st Edition

China-US Great-Power Rivalry The Competitive Dynamics of Order-Building in the Indo-Pacific

Edited By Lai-Ha Chan, Pak K. Lee Copyright 2024
242 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

242 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

242 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited volume examines the competitive dynamics of two order-building projects in the Indo-Pacific, namely China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the US-led Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP). Foci are on how far the two major powers are able to use institutional projects to (re)order the region of the Indo-Pacific to suit their policy preferences, and on how regional powers perceive... Read more

Table of Contents

 

List of Illustrations

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. Introduction: The Competitive Dynamics of Order-Building in the Indo-Pacific

Lai-Ha Chan & Pak K. Lee

2. Can China Create A Stable Illiberal Regional Order Through The BRI? A Study Of China-Myanmar Economic Corridor

Pak K. Lee & Cecilia Ducci

3. Competing Sino-US AUKUS Narratives: The Intended And Unintended Outcomes of ‘Naming and Shaming’ 

Anisa Heritage

4. Australia And New Zealand In The Indo-Pacific: How And Why The Pacific Islands Look To Authoritarian China?  

Lai-Ha Chan

5. India And The US-China Great Power Rivalry: Navigating Between The BRI And The FOIP 

Jabin T. Jacob

6. Regional Order-Building In The Indo-Pacific: Japan As A Geopolitical Alternative  

Kei Koga

7. Trapped Into An Existential Cage: Korea’s Hedging Between China and The US 

Antonio Fiori & Sunhyuk Kim

8. IdeologyAnd Market Linkages: Taiwan And The Preservation Of The US-led Hegemonic Order Through Soft Power And Geoeconomics 

Vinícius Guilherme Rodrigues Vieira

9. Decentred? ASEAN’s Struggle To Accommodate Great Power Competition 

Mark Beeson

10. A ‘Weak(ened)’ Quad In The Indo-Pacific: What Do Its Strategic Narratives Tell Us? 

Lai-Ha Chan & Pak K. Lee

 

Index

Biography

Lai-Ha Chan is Senior Lecturer in the Social and Political Sciences Program, School of Communication, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Her current research foci centre on minilateralism, especially in the context of the Indo-Pacific, and global health governance.

Pak K. Lee is Senior Fellow of the Conflict Analysis Research Centre and a Research Fellow of the Global Europe Centre in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom.