Summary China’s Silent Army is a revealing and gripping piece of investigative journalism into the unknown extent of China’s global power by Juan Pablo Cardenal and…
Country or Region: China
Summary China’s rising status in the global economy alongside recent economic stagnation in Europe and the United States has led to considerable speculation that we…
Summary Although Northeast Asia could be on the verge of becoming the world’s third great region, expanding economic ties have not been supported by security…
Abstract This article draws on Michael Barnett and Raymond Duvall’s power typology to examine Chinese power in Sino-Mongolia and Sino-North Korean relations. Using compulsory, institutional,…
Abstract Why do hedging strategies appear so pervasive in Asia? This article argues that hedging – not balancing or bandwagoning – is the central tendency…
Summary This fully revised third edition of Michael Yahuda’s extremely successful textbook brings the region fully up-to-date, introducing students to the international politics of the…
Summary From the founding of the Ming dynasty in 1368 to the start of the Opium Wars in 1841, China has engaged in only two…
Summary This book critically examines the influence of International Society on East Asia, and how its attempts to introduce ‘civilization’ to ‘barbarous’ polities contributed to…
Summary Confucianism has shaped a certain perception of Chinese security strategy, symbolized by the defensive, nonaggressive Great Wall. Many believe China is antimilitary and reluctant…
Abstract There is doubt about whether the ‘democratic peace’ proposition applies in Asia. I theoretically deconstruct regime type into institutional components including political competition, constraint…
Abstract China and Japan have been deepening economic interdependence over the last two decades, while China has recently shown territorial ambitions and initiated disputes with…
Abstract Global economic imbalance leads to change in the global distribution of economic resources. While some foresee the inevitable decline of US power, others consider…
Summary This new title from Routledge, edited by Professor Leszek Buszynski, includes the key literature on Asia Pacific Security. Arranged across four volumes, the collection…
Summary Taking a long view, and a wide perspective, this book by Japan’s leading scholars on Asia and Eurasia provides a comprehensive and systematic comparison…
Summary This Adelphi examines defence procurement in Asia against a backdrop of the region’s fragmented security infrastructure. The overlapping alliances, multilateral bodies and regional dialogues are ill-equipped…
