The Strategic Options of Middle Powers in the Asia-Pacific (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Kou, Chien-Wen; Job, Brian; Huang, Chiung-Chiu

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the responses of middle powers in the Asia-Pacific toward the contemporary great powers' rivalry of the United States and China, through specific cases studies of South Korea, Australia, Japan, India, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000593068
• Artikelnr.: 63912305

Autorenporträt

Chien-wen Kou is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Institute of International Relations at National Chengchi University, Taiwan. His research interests include Chinese politics, political elites and comparative communist studies. Recent articles have appeared in China Quarterly, China Journal, and Issues & Studies. Chiung-Chiu Huang is an Associate Professor at the Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies at National Chengchi University, Taiwan. She is the author of Harmonious Intervention: China's Quest for Relational Security (2014) and China and International Theory: The Balance of Relationships (Routledge, 2019). Brian L. Job is Professor Emeritus, Political Science, at the University of British Columbia, Canada. His research interests concern the evolving security order of the Asia Pacific, intrastate conf lict, human security, and Canadian foreign and security policies. Recent articles have appeared in International Affairs, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, International Peacekeeping, and Issues & Studies.

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List of Appendices



Acknowledgments

1 Introduction

CHIUNG-CHIU HUANG AND CHIEN-WEN KOU

Part I

Asia-Pacific Middle Powers under the New Format of Great Power Rivalry

2 Asia's Lesser Powers Confront the U.S.-China Threat to the Regional Order

T. J. PEMPEL

3 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Dilemmas of Middle Powers

BRIAN L. JOB

4 Geopolitics of Chinese Outward FDI and Its Implications for Asia-Pacif ic Middle Powers

RAY OU-YANG AND YOONEUI KIM

Part II

New Analytical Concepts and Framework for Middle Powers' Strategies

5 Middle Power Cooperation 2.0 in the Indo-Pacif ic Era

YOSHIHIDE SOEYA

6 New Economic Statecraft: Industrial Policy in an Era of Strategic Competition

VINOD K. AGGARWAL AND ANDREW W. REDDIE

7 A Reluctant Hedging Policy: South Korea's Dilemma in an Era of U.S.-China Competition

FLORENCE W. YANG

8 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How Lesser Powers Respond to Competing Great Powers in the Asia-Pacif ic Region

HSIN-HSIEN WANG, SHINN-SHYR WANG AND WEI-FENG TZENG

Part III

Cases of Asia Pacific Middle Powers in the Era of New Great Power Rivalry

9 China in Australia's Strategic Policy, 2007-2021: The Diminishing Returns of Hedging in an Era of Great Power Competition?

MICHAEL CLARKE

10 Dancing between Giants: Vietnam's Position within U.S.-China Strategic Competition

NGUYEN CONG TUNG

11 China, Japan, and Economic Integration in Asia: Asymmetric Threat Perception and FTAs

RUMI AOYAMA

12 Why Hedging Is Not Easily Attainable-Taiwan's Strategic Policy Options Amidst U.S.-China Competition

GUAN-YI LEU



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