New Global Politics of the Asia-Pacific - 3rd Edition

Taylor & Francis

Now in its new and fully updated third edition, The New Global Politics of the Asia Pacific continues to provide a compelling analysis of a region undergoing dramatic changes. Based on new research and offering fresh interpretation, this edition evaluates the prospects for continuing US dominance in the \u2018Asian Century\u2019. Whilst presenting evidence for a multifaceted \u2018Beijing Strategy', which aims to counter the US by building an alternative regional order, it also explains Japan\u2019s definitive departure from its limited military role. Providing an introductory guide for the main frameworks needed to understand the region, including realism, liberalism and critical theory, this new edition is reader-friendly, and offers sophisticated competing explanations. Key content includes: \n\n--Intra-regional conflicts in the South China Sea and the Korean peninsula, \n--The different responses within the Asia-Pacific to the globalization of Western ideas of democracy and polit.