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  • Asia’s New Geopolitics

    Military Power and Regional Order

    by Desmond Ball, Lucie Béraud-Sudreau, Tim Huxley, C. Raja Mohan ...
    Series series Adelphi series
    Intensifying geopolitical rivalries, rising defence spending and the proliferation of the latest military technology across Asia suggest that the region is set for a prolonged period of strategic contestation. None of the three competing visions for the future of Asian order – a US-led ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’, a Chinese-centred order, or the ASEAN-inspired ‘Indo-Pacific Outlook’ – is likely ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific

    Global and regional dynamics

    Edited by Desmond Ball, Robert Ayson ...
    From the war on terror to the rise of China, this book unlocks the major strategic themes and security challenges of the early twenty-first century.Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific provides the analytical frameworks needed to make sense of this complex but exciting strategic universe. Offering a unique mix of global strategic thinking and Asia-Pacific security analysis, this book is for ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • The Transformation of Security in the Asia/Pacific Region

    Edited by Desmond Ball ...
    The security architecture of the Asia/Pacific region is in a profound transformation. Such changes are not without problems, which are discussed here. ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Masters of Terror

    Indonesia's Military and Violence in East Timor

    by David Bourchier, KPP Ham, Douglas Kammen, Gerry Van Klinken, Hamish McDonald ...
    Series series World Social Change
    The terror campaign by pro-Indonesian armed groups before, during, and after East Timor's independence referendum in 1999 was a blatant challenge to the international community as many of the acts of murder, political intimidation, destruction, and mass deportation took place before the eyes of the world. Yet still the ultimate responsibility has been denied and obscured. Masters of Terror ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

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  • Asia-Pacific Security

    An Introduction

    by Joanne Wallis, Andrew Carr, Brad Glosserman, Lowell Dittmer, H.D.P. Envall, Ian Hall, Tim Huxley, Brendan Taylor, James Manicom0, Christopher Paul1, Nick Nelson2, Alistair D. Cook3, Rex Hughes4, Mathew Davies5, Sarah Teitt6, William Tow7 ...
    This new textbook gathers an international roster of top security studies scholars to provide an overview of Asia-Pacific’s international relations and pressing contemporary security issues. It is a suitable introduction for undergraduate and masters students' use in international relations and security studies courses. Merging a strong theoretical component with rich contemporary and historical ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Regional Institutions, Geopolitics and Economics in the Asia-Pacific

    Evolving Interests and Strategies

    Edited by Steven B. Rothman, Utpal Vyas, Yoichiro Sato ...
    Series series Asian Security Studies
    This volume discusses the relationship between economics, geopolitics and regional institutional growth and development in the Asia-Pacific region.How do states (re)define their relationships amid the current global power transition? How do rival actors influence the rules and formation of new institutions for their own benefit? What role will institutions take as independent actors in influencing ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Asia's New Battlefield

    The USA, China and the Struggle for the Western Pacific

    by Richard Javad Heydarian ...
    This compact, insightful book offers an up-to-the-minute guide to understanding the evolution of maritime territorial disputes in East Asia, exploring their legal, political-security and economic dimensions against the backdrop of a brewing Sino-American rivalry for hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region. It traces the decades-long evolution of Sino-American relations in Asia, and how this pivotal ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • China's Foreign Policy

    by Stuart Harris ...
    Series series China Today
    China’s inexorable rise as a major world power is one of the defining features of the contemporary political landscape. But should we heed the warnings of a so-called ‘China threat?’ Is China set to become the next superpower? Or will its ambitions be tempered by economic and political realities both at home and abroad?In this insightful and balanced analysis, noted China expert Stuart Harris ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • China's Vision of Victory

    by Jonathan D. T. Ward ...
    Someday we may say that we never saw it coming. After seventy-five years of peace in the Pacific, a new challenger to American power has emerged, on a scale not seen in generations. Working from a deep sense of national destiny, the Chinese Communist Party is guiding a country of 1.4 billion people towards what it calls “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” and, with it, the end of an ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Tangled Titans

    The United States and China

    Edited by David Shambaugh ...
    Tangled Titans offers a current and comprehensive assessment of the most important relationship in international affairs—that between the United States and China. How the relationship evolves will have a defining impact on the future of world politics, the Asian region, and the citizens of many nations. In this definitive book, leading experts provide an in-depth exploration of the historical, ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Japan's Security Relations with China since 1989

    From Balancing to Bandwagoning?

    by Reinhard Drifte ...
    Series series Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
    Japan's Security Relations with China since 1989 raises the crucial question of whether Japan's political leadership which is still preoccupied with finding a new political constellation and with overcoming a deep economic crisis is able to handle such a complex policy in the face of an increasingly assertive China and a US alliance partner with strong swings between engaging and containing China ... Read more

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  • The End of the Asian Century

    War, Stagnation, and the Risks to the World's Most Dynamic Region

    by Michael R. Auslin ...
    An urgently needed “risk map” of the many dangers that could derail Asia’s growth and stabilitySince Marco Polo, the West has waited for the “Asian Century.” Today, the world believes that Century has arrived. Yet from China’s slumping economy to war clouds over the South China Sea and from environmental devastation to demographic crisis, Asia’s future is increasingly uncertain. Historian and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD