Rethinking Asia and International Relations: Rethinking Asia and International Relations
About the Book Series
This series provides thoughtful consideration both of the growing prominence of Asian actors on the global stage and the changes in the study and practice of world affairs that they provoke. It offers a comprehensive parallel assessment of the full spectrum of Asian states, organisations, and regions and their impact on the dynamics of global politics. The series encourages conversation on: ¢ What rules, norms, and strategic cultures are likely to dominate international life in the 'Asian Century'; ¢ How will global problems be reframed and addressed by a 'rising Asia'; ¢ Which institutions, actors, and states are likely to provide leadership during such 'shifts to the East'; ¢ Whether there is something distinctly 'Asian' about the emerging patterns of global politics. Such comprehensive engagement not only offers a critical assessment of the actual and prospective roles of Asian actors, but rethinks the concepts, practices, and frameworks of analysis of world politics.
China and Eurasia: Rethinking Cooperation and Contradictions in the Era of Changing World Order
1st Edition
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By Mher D. Sahakyan, Heinz Gärtner
May 31, 2023
This book facilitates exchanges between scholars and researchers from around the world on China-Eurasia relations. Comparing perspectives and methodologies, it promotes interdisciplinary dialogue on China’s pivot towards Eurasia, the Belt and Road initiative, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization,...
China, the USA and Technological Supremacy in Europe
1st Edition
By Csaba Moldicz
May 31, 2023
The book explores how technological competition is linked to the geopolitical contest between the US and China, and why Europe and the European Union (EU) have become involved in this competition for technological supremacy. China’s political and economic rise, the concurrent US withdrawal from the...
The European Union, China and Central Asia: Global and Regional Cooperation in A New Era
1st Edition
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By Fabienne Bossuyt, Bart Dessein
May 31, 2023
This book examines the involvement of the European Union (EU) and China in Central Asia and critically assesses the implications this has for the region as a whole. The volume adopts a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach, combining insights from International Relations, EU Studies, ...
Maritime and Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea: Faces of Power and Law in the Age of China’s rise
1st Edition
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By Yih-Jye Hwang, Edmund Frettingham
September 23, 2022
This edited volume rethinks the relationship between power and law in the age of China’s rise by examining recent developments in the South China Sea (SCS). The contributors explore different interpretations of international law on the legal status of the contested islands and rocks and provide ...
Configuring the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Power, Interests and Status
1st Edition
By Ian Tsung-Yen Chen
August 01, 2022
Studying the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) through the lens of international relations (IR) theory, Chen argues that it is inappropriate to treat the AIIB as either a revisionist or a complementary institution. Instead, the bank is still evolving and the interaction of power, ...
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Strategic and Economic Impacts on Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central Eastern Europe
1st Edition
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By Alfred Gerstl, Ute Wallenböck
May 30, 2022
This edited volume presents a trans-disciplinary and multifaceted assessment of the strategic and economic impacts of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on three regions, namely Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central Eastern Europe. The contributions to this book demonstrate the requirement ...
China and Middle East Conflicts: Responding to War and Rivalry from the Cold War to the Present
1st Edition
By Guy Burton
May 06, 2022
How do aspiring and established rising global powers respond to conflict? Using China, the book studies its response to wars and rivalries in the Middle East from the Cold War to the present. Since the People’s Republic was established in 1949, China has long been involved in the Middle East and ...
Regions in the Belt and Road Initiative
1st Edition
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By Jonathan Fulton
May 06, 2022
Introduced in 2013, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has had a significant impact within Asia and across other regions. This book provides empirical case studies examining the relations between China and the states in specific regional groupings, including South-East Asia, Central Asia, South...
China, the UN and Human Rights: Implications for World Politics
1st Edition
By Christopher B Primiano
December 13, 2021
Addressing the problem of reconciling China’s voting record in the UN on human rights and repressive policy at home, this book argues that domestic factors determine the way the Chinese government acts on wider human rights issues. China has a very active voting record in the United Nations ...
The Role of Taiwanese Civil Society Organizations in Cross-Strait Relations
1st Edition
By Šárka Waisová
September 30, 2021
Despite the instability of the political relationship between Taiwan and Mainland China, cross-strait activities such as trade, education, marriage and travel have prospered. While the main focus of current academic research has been on security and economic relationships between the two ...
Advaita as a Global International Relations Theory
1st Edition
By Deepshikha Shahi
June 30, 2021
The academic discipline of International Relations strives to attain a ‘global’ spirit to narrow the cognitive gaps between the West and the Rest. On the one hand, there is the hegemonic presence of mainstream universalist Eurocentric IR theories, and on the other the counter-hegemonic presence of ...
China and Great Power Responsibility for Climate Change
1st Edition
By Sanna Kopra
June 30, 2021
As American leadership over climate change declines, China has begun to identify itself as a great power by formulating ambitious climate policies.Based on the premise that great powers have unique responsibilities, this book explores how China’s rise to great power status transforms notions of ...