Shifting Power In Asia Pacific

Author : Enrico Fels
Publisher : Springer
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319456898

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Shifting Power in Asia-Pacific? by Enrico Fels Pdf

This book investigates whether a power shift has taken place in the Asia-Pacific region since the end of the Cold War. By systematically examining the development of power dynamics in Asia-Pacific, it challenges the notion that a wealthier and militarily more powerful China is automatically turning the regional tides in its favour. With a special emphasis on Sino-US competition, the book explores the alleged linkage between the regional distribution of relevant material and immaterial capabilities, national power and the much-cited regional power shift. The book presents a novel concept for measuring power in international relations by outlining a composite index on aggregated power (CIAP) that includes 55 variables for 44 regional countries and covers a period of twenty years. Moreover, it develops a middle power theory that outlines the significance of middle powers in times of major power shifts. By addressing political, military and economic cooperation via a structured-focused comparison and by applying a comparative-historical analysis, the book analyses in depth the bilateral relations of six regional middle powers to Washington and Beijing.

Author : David L. Shambaugh
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0520245709

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Power Shift by David L. Shambaugh Pdf

Proceedings from the conference "China and Asia: Towards a New Regional Order," convened in December 2003 at The George Washington University"--Acknowledgments.

Author : David Shambaugh,David L. Shambaugh
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520245709

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Power Shift by David Shambaugh,David L. Shambaugh Pdf

Proceedings from the conference "China and Asia: Towards a New Regional Order," convened in December 2003 at The George Washington University"--Acknowledgments.

Author : N. S. Sisodia,V. Krishnappa
Publisher : Academic Foundation
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8171887511

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Global Power Shifts and Strategic Transition in Asia by N. S. Sisodia,V. Krishnappa Pdf

Papers presented at the 10th Asian Security Conference, held at New Delhi on 4th February 2008.

Author : David L. Shambaugh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Asia
ISBN : OCLC:501338874

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Power Shift by David L. Shambaugh Pdf

Author : David Walton,Emilian Kavalski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317076834

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Power Transition in Asia by David Walton,Emilian Kavalski Pdf

Current preoccupations with the 'rise of Asia' attest to the nascent contestation of the very idea of what the pattern of international politics should look like and how it should be practiced. In this respect, the growing reference to a 'shift to the East' in global politics has become a popular shorthand for the nascent 'power transition' in world affairs. This volume offers a detailed conceptual and empirical investigation of the dynamics of power transition in Asia and details the accommodation strategies and coping mechanisms of different small and middle powers in Asia and, importantly, China's responses to these approaches.

Author : Randall Doyle
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739139264

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The Geopolitical Power Shift in the Indo-Pacific Region by Randall Doyle Pdf

As the twenty-first century progresses, the Indo-Pacific theater is experiencing an unprecedented transformation involving economic development, military build-ups, political reforms, social changes, and technological advancements. The region now reflects a multitude of geopolitical challenges, factors, and complicated realities. Although America is still recognized as the most powerful force in the Indo-Pacific region, the challenge to America’s hegemonic role is quite real and unrelenting. The ongoing global financial crisis has left a changed world with unanswered questions in its wake. Is America’s post-WWII dominance of the Indo-Pacific region finally coming to an end? Can the United States and China work together to manage the region’s hegemonic responsibilities? In The Geopolitical Power Shift in the Indo-Pacific Region, Randall Doyle provides analysis and insights on the transformational changes and the epochal history unfolding in this part of the world and America’s increasingly precarious political and economic position.

Author : Christopher Brook,Anthony McGrew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136222740

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Asia-Pacific in the New World Order by Christopher Brook,Anthony McGrew Pdf

Asia-Pacific in the New World Order critically explores the notion that a distinctive regional power bloc is developing linking countries bordering the Pacific, with East Asia at its core. This student-friendly volume sheds light on the complex interplay between global, regional and national forces which have transformed the Asia-Pacific area into one of the most vibrant and economically successful regions in the world. Historical narratives alongside geopolitical and geoeconomic perspectives are deployed to examine the shifting pattern of power relations and security structures across the region, set within a wider world context. Key issues addressed include: * what are the primary security problems of the region and how are they being resolved? * does the dynamic growth of the region, and particularly the rise of China, pose a challenge to existing structures of world order? The text has a strong interdisciplinary flavour drawing on analytical approaches from the international relations, political economy and political geography literature. Authors have been drawn from the Asia-Pacific region and the UK and all are established scholars in their specialist fields.

Author : Robert S. Ross,Øystein Tunsjø
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501712760

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Strategic Adjustment and the Rise of China by Robert S. Ross,Øystein Tunsjø Pdf

Strategic Adjustment and the Rise of China demonstrates how structural and domestic variables influence how East Asian states adjust their strategy in light of the rise of China, including how China manages its own emerging role as a regional great power. The contributors note that the shifting regional balance of power has fueled escalating tensions in East Asia and suggest that adjustment challenges are exacerbated by the politics of policymaking. International and domestic pressures on policymaking are reflected in maritime territorial disputes and in the broader range of regional security issues created by the rise of China.Adjusting to power shifts and managing a new regional order in the face of inevitable domestic pressure, including nationalism, is a challenging process. Both the United States and China have had to adjust to China's expanded capabilities. China has sought an expanded influence in maritime East Asia; the United States has responded by consolidating its alliances and expanding its naval presence in East Asia. The region's smaller countries have also adjusted to the rise of China. They have sought greater cooperation with China, even as they try to sustain cooperation with the United States. As China continues to rise and challenge the regional security order, the contributors consider whether the region is destined to experience increased conflict and confrontation.ContributorsIan Bowers, Norwegian Defence University College and Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies Daniel W. Drezner, Tufts University, Brookings Institution, and Washington Post Taylor M. Fravel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bjørn Elias Mikalsen Grønning, Norwegian Defence University College and Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies Chung-in Moon, Yonsei University and Chairman, Presidential Committee on Northeast Asia Cooperation Initiative, Republic of Korea James Reilly, University of Sydney Robert S. Ross, Boston College and Harvard University Randall L. Schweller, The Ohio State University ystein Tunsjø, Norwegian Defence University College and the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies Wang Dong, Peking University

Author : T. V. Paul,James J. Wirtz,Michel Fortmann
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804750172

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Balance of Power by T. V. Paul,James J. Wirtz,Michel Fortmann Pdf

Since the sudden disappearance of the Soviet Union, many scholars have argued that the balance of power theory is losing its relevance. This text examines this viewpoint, as well as looking at systematic factors that may hinder or favour the return of balance of power politics.

Author : Greg Kennedy,Harsh V. Pant
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317177937

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Assessing Maritime Power in the Asia-Pacific by Greg Kennedy,Harsh V. Pant Pdf

Leading academics from around the world, who specialize in analysing maritime strategic issues, deliberate the impact of the American 'pivot' or 're-balance' strategy, and the 'Air-Sea Battle' operational concept, on the maritime power and posture of a number of selected states. Intending to strengthen US economic, diplomatic, and security engagement throughout the Asia-Pacific, both bilaterally and multilaterally, the re-balance stands out as one of the Obama administration's most far-sighted and ambitious foreign policy initiatives.

Author : Michael R. Auslin
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780817923266

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Asia's New Geopolitics by Michael R. Auslin Pdf

The Indo-Pacific is fast becoming the world's dominant region. As it grows in power and wealth, geopolitical competition has reemerged, threatening future stability not merely in Asia but around the globe. China is aggressive and uncooperative, and increasingly expects the world to bend to its wishes. The focus on Sino-US competition for global power has obscured "Asia's other great game": the rivalry between Japan and China. A modernizing India risks missing out on the energies and talents of millions of its women, potentially hampering the broader role it can play in the world. And in North Korea, the most frightening question raised by Kim Jong-un's pursuit of the ultimate weapon is also the simplest: can he control his nukes? In Asia's New Geopolitics: Essays on Reshaping the Indo-Pacific, Michael R. Auslin examines these and other key issues transforming the Indo-Pacific and the broader world. He also explores the history of American strategy in Asia from the 18th century through today. Taken together, Auslin's essays convey the richness and diversity of the region: with more than three billion people, the Indo-Pacific contains over half of the global population, including the world's two most populous nations: India and China. In a riveting final chapter, Auslin imagines a war between America and China in a bid for regional hegemony and what this conflict might look like.

Author : T. V. Paul
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Balance of power
ISBN : 9780300228489

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Restraining Great Powers by T. V. Paul Pdf

At the end of the Cold War, the United States emerged as the world's most powerful state, and then used that power to initiate wars against smaller countries in the Middle East and South Asia. According to balance-of-power theory--the bedrock of realism in international relations--other states should have joined together militarily to counterbalance the United States' rising power. Yet they did not. Nor have they united to oppose Chinese aggression in the South China Sea or Russian offensives along its western border. This does not mean balance-of-power politics is dead, argues renowned international relations scholar T. V. Paul; instead it has taken a different form. Rather than employ familiar strategies such as active military alliances and arms buildups, leading powers have engaged in "soft balancing," which seeks to restrain threatening powers through the use of international institutions, informal alignments, and economic sanctions. Paul places the evolution of balancing behavior in historical perspective, from the post-Napoleonic era to today's globalized world. This book offers an illuminating examination of how subtler forms of balance-of-power politics can help states achieve their goals against aggressive powers without wars or arms races.

Author : Rémi Piet,Roger E. Kanet
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317055396

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Shifting Priorities in Russia's Foreign and Security Policy by Rémi Piet,Roger E. Kanet Pdf

Given the resurgence of Russian economic capabilities and of Russia's role as a regional, even global, political actor, much of the literature written more than 4-5 years ago is already dated. The editor and contributors to this timely volume draw upon a broad range of analysts who deal with various aspects of Russian relations with its neighbours to the West and to the East. Implications for Russian foreign and security policy are key to understanding Russia's position in the 21st Century. Readers in Russian foreign and security policy; European, Eurasian, and Asian security; and contemporary international politics/security will find this volume invaluable.

Author : Vice Admiral Pradeep Kaushiva,Commander Abhijit Singh
Publisher : KW Publishers Pvt Ltd
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789385714481

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Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific by Vice Admiral Pradeep Kaushiva,Commander Abhijit Singh Pdf

In recent years, the descriptive term ‘Indo-Pacific’ has entered the geo-strategic lexicon as a substitute for the more established expression ‘Asia-Pacific’. Defined as an integrated strategic system that best captures the shift in power and influence from the West to the East, the concept has dominated strategic debates and discussions, gaining rapidly in currency and acceptance. Popular though the term has become, its strategic context and underlying logic are still sharply contested. While proponents of the ‘Indo-Pacific’ advance compelling arguments in its favour, the debate over whether it is a valid construct, is not quite settled. Consequently, it is yet to gain full acceptance among regional analysts and policy makers who appear unsure about embracing the idea without any qualifying caveats. Even so, the Indo-Pacific has emerged as a significant strategic space and a theatre of great-power competition. From a maritime security perspective, its importance as a geo-economic hub is accentuated by the growing presence of non-traditional threats. Piracy, terrorism, gun running, illegal fishing, trafficking, global warming and natural disasters represent challenges to maritime security that are inherently transnational in nature – where dynamics in one part of the system influence events in another, necessitating coordinated security operations by maritime forces and strategic relationships between stakeholder states. Papers put together in this book seek to appraise the Indo-Pacific, by examining the concept holistically, deciphering the trends that impact maritime security in the region and identifying its emerging patterns. Apart from examining the inherent logic underpinning the concept, these provide perspectives on security in the Indo-Pacific region, evaluate the strategic implications of competition, conflict and instability in the region, and bring out the operational implications of using a frame of reference that combines two contiguous albeit disparate maritime theatres.