3rd Edition

The New Global Politics of the Asia-Pacific Conflict and Cooperation in the Asian Century

352 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

352 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

352 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Now in its new and fully updated third edition, The New Global Politics of the Asia Pacific continues to provide a compelling analysis of a region undergoing dramatic changes. Based on new research and offering fresh interpretation, this edition evaluates the prospects for continuing US dominance in the ‘Asian Century’. Whilst presenting evidence for a multifaceted ‘Beijing Strategy', which... Read more

1. Introduction: Asia’s Great Game?

2. The US. Still the hegemon?

3. The Chinese Century?

4. Between a doctrine and hard place: Japan’s emerging role 

5. Looking East: India and Russia in the Asia-Pacific

6. Middle Power and Alliance Diplomacy in Australia’s foreign policy 

7. Southeast Asia: ASEAN and the challenge of regionalism in the Asia Pacific

8. The EU and the Asia-Pacific: A Source of Soft Power? 

9. Regional Security. Legacies and new challenges 

10. Building Blocs: Regionalism and Globalization in the Asia-Pacific

11. State and markets: political economy explanations of East Asia’s economic miracle

12. The state in retreat? Transnational actors in the Asia-Pacific

13. Civilisade: Asian Values, democracy and fateful hubris

Biography

Michael K. Connors teaches at the University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus and is a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University. He is the co-editor of Thai Politics in Translation: Monarchy, Democracy, Constitution (forthcoming).

Rémy Davison holds the Jean Monnet Chair in Politics and Economics at Monash University. He is the author of The Political Economy of Single Market Europe (2011).

Jörn Dosch is Professor of International Politics and Development Cooperation at the University of Rostock, Germany, and Adjunct Professor at Monash University Malaysia. His recent publications include Malaysia Post-Mahathir: A Decade of Change (2015).