Indo-Pacific in Context
About the Book Series
This series brings together topical research on contemporary and long-standing issues encompassing the Asia-Pacific region.
With countries steeped in history, communities diverse in cultures, developing economies and emerging markets, Asia-Pacific has emerged as the key stakeholder in a world order in flux. The region has solidified its presence in the global political discourse through multilateral initiatives, defence agreements, and strategic partnerships. It has emerged as a zone of contestations, conflict, and cooperation.
The works published in this series showcase interdisciplinary research in the arts, the humanities, and the social sciences, including a range of subject areas such as politics and international relations, international economy, sociology and social anthropology, women, gender and sexuality studies, history, geo-politics, military studies, area studies, cultural studies, environment and sustainability, development studies, migration studies, urban development, digital humanities, and science and technology studies.
Works in the series are published simultaneously in UK/US and South Asia editions, as well as in e-book format. We welcome a range of books aimed at furthering scholarship and understanding of the Asia-Pacific region. Authors and researchers interested in contributing to this series may get in touch with [email protected]
The Role of Threat Perceptions in International Relations: Analysing China’s Rise in the Indo-Pacific
1st Edition
Edited
By Vindu Mai Chotani
August 01, 2025
With China’s rise in the Indo-Pacific, this book systematically analyses and explores the complex reality of questions regarding threat perception—why and when do states perceive or do not perceive China as a threat, and what influences or drives these perceptions? How have their perceptions ...
Climate Change in the Indo-Pacific: Developmental and Geopolitical Dimensions
1st Edition
Edited
By Faisal Ahmed, Mohd Faheem
May 30, 2025
This book explores multifarious policy dimensions relevant to climate change and its associated vulnerabilities in the Indo-Pacific region. The essays in the volume focus on: Climate resilience in terms of policy implementation at the local, national, and regional levels in Asia-Pacific ...
Handbook of Indo-Pacific Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Barbara Kratiuk, Jeroen Van den Bosch, Aleksandra Jaskólska, Yoichiro Sato
March 13, 2025
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 ...
The Routledge Handbook of Populism in the Asia Pacific
1st Edition
Edited
By D. B. Subedi, Howard Brasted, Karin von Strokirch, Alan Scott
December 19, 2024
This handbook brings national and thematic case studies together to examine a variety of populist politics from local and comparative perspectives in the Asia Pacific. The chapters consider key and cross cutting themes such as populism and nationalism, religion, ethnicity and gender, as well as ...
Indo-Pacific and ASEAN: New Balances and New Challenges for Asian Integration and Stability
1st Edition
Edited
By Claire Thi-Liên Tran, Suthiphand Chirathivat, Prabir De
December 03, 2024
This book examines Indo-Pacific issues from a Southeast Asian perspective and goes beyond discourses such as ASEAN–China or ASEAN–US–China. It analyses the new regional balances in the ASEAN and Indo-Pacific region at the diplomatic, strategic and economic levels while taking into account the ...
Japan and its Partners in the Indo-Pacific: Engagements and Alignment
1st Edition
Edited
By Srabani Roy Choudhury
October 07, 2024
The book studies the development of Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) vision. As strategic competition grows, the lessons from the pandemic, the deepening Sino-US rivalry, and the United States losing grip on the current world strategic environment all compel Japan to focus its attention on...
The New World Politics of the Indo-Pacific: Perceptions, Policies and Interests
1st Edition
Edited
By Josukutty C A, Joyce Sabina Lobo
June 03, 2024
The book offers a vivid analysis of the new geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific in terms of big power rivalry between the US-China and country-wise perspectives situating largely within the late 2000s and culminates with the developments of the COVID-19 period. The great power shift, marked by the rise...
The Superpowers’ Playground: Djibouti and Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific in the 21st Century
1st Edition
By Sankalp Gurjar
December 30, 2022
This book analyses the evolving geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region and explains how Djibouti fits in the global strategies of four major powers—the US, China, Japan, and France. It shows how Djibouti is emerging as a key nation in the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific, explores the ...