This handbook explores the significance of the Indo-Pacific in world politics. It shows how the re-emergence of the Indo-Pacific in international relations has fundamentally changed the approach to politics, economics and security.
The volume
• explores the themes related to trade, politics and security for better understanding of the Indo-Pacific and the repercussions of the region's emergence;
• studies different security and political issues in the region: military competition, maritime governance, strategic alliances and rivalries, and international conflicts;
• analyses various socio-economic dimensions of the Indo-Pacific, such as political systems, cultural and religious contexts, and trade and financial systems;
• examines the strategies of various states, such as the United States, Japan, India and China, and their approaches towards the Indo-Pacific;
• covers the role of middle powers and small states in detail.
Interdisciplinary in approach and with essays from authors from around the world, this volume will be indispensable to scholars, researchers and students in the fields of international relations, politics and Asian studies.
Author(s): Barbara Kratiuk, Jeroen J. J. Van den Bosch, Aleksandra Jaskólska, Yoichiro Sato
Series: Indo-Pacific in Context
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 491
City: New York
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Introduction
Part I Theory of the Indo-Pacific
Chapter 1 Understanding the Indo-Pacific: Historical context and evolving dynamics
Chapter 2 Understanding the Indo-Pacific: Geopolitical context
Part II Socio-economic issues in the Indo-Pacific
Chapter 3 Political economy of the Indo-Pacific development
Chapter 4 Trade regionalism in the Indo-Pacific
Chapter 5 Impact of religion on international relations in the Indo-Pacific
Chapter 6 Authoritarian regimes and their evolution in the Indo-Pacific
Chapter 7 Democracy in the Indo-Pacific
Chapter 8 Connectivity strategies in the Indo-Pacific and their geopolitical implications
Part III Political and security issues in the Indo-Pacific
Chapter 9 Military power as an instrument of international politics in the Indo-Pacific
Chapter 10 Energy security in the Indo-Pacific region: Case studies of China, India and Japan
Chapter 11 Dynamics of environmental security in the Indo-Pacific
Chapter 12 Strategic alliances and alignments in the Indo-Pacific
Chapter 13 Strategic rivalries in the Indo-Pacific: Contest, claims and conflicts
Chapter 14 International conflicts in the Indo-Pacific region
Chapter 15 Maritime governance in the Indo-Pacific: The European conceptualisation
Part IV Indo-Pacific strategies
Chapter 16 The United States in the Indo-Pacific: An overstretched hegemon?
Chapter 17 Chinese conceptions of the Indo-Pacific: The impact of identity and history
Chapter 18 India’s tryst with the Indo-Pacific
Chapter 19 Japan’s Indo-Pacific strategy: Free and open Indo-Pacific as international public goods
Chapter 20 The EU and the Indo-Pacific: The path towards a comprehensive strategy
Chapter 21 Middle powers in the Indo-Pacific
Chapter 22 Small powers in the Indo-Pacific: Strategies, opportunities and challenges
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