1st Edition
The Role of Threat Perceptions in International Relations Analysing China’s Rise in the Indo-Pacific
List of Contributors vii
1 Introduction 1
2 Images Behind the “China Threat” by the United States: The Underlying Effect of Images in Threat Perceptions and Strategic Verbal Expressions 13
YUKI MORITANI
3 Avoiding the Resonance of Internal and External Threats: China’s Fortification of the Border in Tibet 31
AKI SAKABE-MORI
4 Perceptions and Misperceptions: India’s Maritime Threat Assessment of China in the Indian Ocean Region 50
EERISHIKA PANKAJ AND JAGANNATH PANDA
5 The End of Western Superiority: Japan’s Threat Perceptions During and After the Cold War 70
TOMOHIKO SATAKE
6 Japan’s and India’s Threat Perceptions of China in the Indo-Pacific: A Discourse Analysis on the Formation of a Collective Identity 91
VINDU MAI CHOTANI
7 Strategic Narratives of the Moon and Yoon Administrations: What Shapes South Korea’s Approach to China 115
SHIN-AE LEE AND YEONG IK KIM
8 Strategic Culture and Threat Perception: ASEAN’s Response to Great Power Rivalry in Indo-Pacific 138
MUHAMAD ARIF
9 Unpacking Australia’s “China Threat” Discourse: A Constructivist Approach 158
SHAKTHI DE SILVA
10 Conclusion 175
VINDU MAI CHOTANI
Index 179
Biography
Vindu Mai Chotani is Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. Her research examines Japan’s and India’s foreign policies, international relations, the evolving security architecture in the Indo-Pacific region, and the security dynamics of the U.S. bases in Okinawa. Professor Chotani previously completed her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Public Policy, Tokyo University, and her M.Sc. in international relations from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom.
