Politics in Asia
About the Book Series
Politics in Asia has long been established as a source of distinctive and authoritative studies on the political life of Asia. The series covers a broad range of countries and aspects of politics, and includes volumes from some of the leading scholars working in the field.
Democratic Transition in Indonesia: Decline, Problems, and Rebound
1st Edition
Edited
By Muhammad Asfar, I Gede Wahyu Wicaksana
December 31, 2026
This book critically examines the trajectory of democratic deterioration under the Jokowi administration, evaluating the profound implications of this decline, and identifying latent opportunities for democratic recovery following the leadership transition to the current administration of President...
Smashing the Sun Tzu Myth: Chinese Strategy in Context
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter Lorge
November 11, 2026
Smashing the Sun Tzu Myth: Chinese Strategy in Context explores the historical foundations, contemporary relevance, and enduring influence of Chinese strategic thought from antiquity to the present day. Bringing together leading scholars of Chinese military history and strategic studies, this ...
The State and Digital Governance in Southeast Asia: Internet Control and Democracy
1st Edition
Edited
By A’an Suryana
September 08, 2026
This important volume offers a critical examination of how Southeast Asian states utilise digital governance to improve public services, democracy, and service delivery, while maintaining control over their populations through, among others, digital surveillance and internet control. Through a ...
China's Normative Power in Central and Eastern Europe: The Case of China-Czech Relations
1st Edition
By Fangxing Qin
August 27, 2026
Qin explores the ten-year development of relations between China and Central and Eastern Europe through the China–CEEC (China–Central and Eastern European Countries) cooperation (16/17+1), which began as a platform for annual high-level meetings between leaders of China and Central and Eastern ...
The European Union Green Deal in Southeast Asia: Critical Approaches to Policy Discourse and Implementation
1st Edition
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By Otto Hospes, Arya Hadi Dharmawan, Athiqah Nur Alami, Helen E.S. Nesadurai
August 06, 2026
One of the first book-length works that critically examines the discourses and implementation of the European Union Green Deal (EGD) in Southeast Asia, this volume charts the complex mix of controversies, ambiguities, and opportunities that EGD policies present for Southeast Asian countries. ...
Geopolitics and China's Patronage Strategy: The Wary Patron, the Autonomous Client, and the Vietnam War
1st Edition
By Dalton Lin
July 20, 2026
This book highlights how resource constraints and client agency impact China’s patronage policy in their pursuit of regional geopolitical power. By combining for the first time the limit of great power patrons’ resources and the agency of client countries, this book accentuates that the costs and ...
Hong Kong Politics after the National Security Law: Autocratization and Its Consequences
1st Edition
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By Stephan Ortmann, Raymond Kwun-Sun Lau, Kenneth Ka-Lok Chan
July 20, 2026
Ortmann, Lau, and Chan together with the contributors provide an innovative assessment of the impact of the National Security Law on Hong Kong politics. The law was introduced by the Chinese government in 2020 and has since fundamentally transformed the political landscape of the former British ...
China and the Liberal International Order: Roots of A Plural World Order
1st Edition
By Xiaoming Huang
July 14, 2026
This book investigates China’s evolving relations with the Liberal International Order (LIO) over the 40 years of China’s Reform and Opening since 1979. Arguing that China’s recent ascendance in wealth and power is more explained by the effective function of the historic LIO than that of the ...
American Paradiplomacy and Chinese Power: Demystifying US-China Subnational Relations
1st Edition
By Czeslaw Tubilewicz
May 22, 2026
This book investigates contemporary US-China subnational relations and considers the extent to which subnational, national and international power contests inform American states’ strategies of internationalization. Approaching the subject from a constructivist perspective, the book contributes to ...
Strategic Silences and Narrative Power in International Relations: Ambiguity and Non-verbal Diplomacy in Reframing Central Asian Agency
1st Edition
By Timur Dadabaev, Shigeto Sonoda
May 22, 2026
Developing a conceptual framework of strategic silence and applying it to various domains of Central Asian international relations, this book uncovers how silence allows states to navigate structural constraints, maintain flexibility, and assert subtle forms of resistance or alignment. Strategic ...
Buffer Thinking in Chinese Foreign and Security Policy: The Reasoning behind China's Policies toward North Korea, Taiwan, and Mongolia
1st Edition
By Yu-Hua Chen
March 18, 2026
Chen examines China's unwavering foreign policy toward North Korea, Taiwan, and Mongolia, challenging conventional international relations theory. He introduces ‘buffer thinking’—a geopolitical mentality driving China to secure peripheral territories against potential rivals regardless of global ...
Myanmar’s Post-Coup Foreign Policy: Weathering Isolation and Sanctions
1st Edition
By Andrea Passeri
February 07, 2026
Passeri unpacks the highly polarized and dysfunctional reaction of the international community vis‑a‑vis Myanmar’s 2021 military coup, as well as the strategy utilized by the ruling junta to counter the diplomatic fallout of the power grab and ensuing civil war. This book shows that Myanmar’s ...