1st Edition
The New US Strategy towards Asia Adapting to the American Pivot
Preface William T. Tow and Douglas Stuart 1. Setting the Context Douglas Stuart and William T. Tow Part 1: Asia’s Place in America’s Global Strategy 2. Obama’s "Rebalance" in Historical Context Douglas Stuart 3. Rebalancing and Order-building: Strategy or Illusion? William T. Tow 4. Deterrence, the Twenty-First Century, and the "Pivot" Jeffrey D. McCausland Part 2: Northeast Asian Partners and Allies 5. US Rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific: A Japanese Perspective Ken Jimbo 6. South Korea’s Adaptation to the US Pivot to Asia Changsu Kim 7. The US Pivot to Asia: Taiwan’s Security Challenges and Responses Fu-Kuo Liu Part 3: Southeast Asian Partners and Allies 8. Strategic Communication: US–Philippines Relations and the American Rebalancing Strategy Charmaine G. Misalucha 9. A Reluctant Ally? Thailand in the US Rebalancing Strategy Kitti Prasirtsuk and William T. Tow 10. Security and Power Balancing: Singapore’s Response to the US Rebalance to Asia Ralf Emmers Part 4: The Wider Indo-Pacific Region 11. Australia Responds to America’s Rebalance Brendan Taylor 12. New Zealand’s Response Robert Ayson 13. India and the US "Pivot" to Asia: Convergence without Change Mahesh Shankar 14. Balancing the Risks of US Rebalancing Tongfi Kim
Biography
William T. Tow is Professor and Head of the Department of International Relations, College of Asia and Pacific at the Australian National University.
Douglas Stuart is Professor and Chair of International Studies at Dickinson College and also an Adjunct Research Professor at the US Army War College.
"It should be applauded for its synthesis of history and political science and the interweaving and application of international relations theory to the military and geopolitical dimensions in the wider Asia-Pacific region. Students and scholars in the fields of International History and Relations and Security Studies will receive a comprehensive picture and in-depth analysis to navigate the complexity of the many actors, interests and structural challenges in the Pacific of the 21st century."
Dr. Moritz Pöllath, History Department, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
