Asia (all books)

China’s Conservative Turn: The Origins of Xi Jinping’s New Era
Lin Le

What is the source of Xi Jinping’s power in China? How did he gain the elite’s support as he took the Communist Party down a conservative path? Lin Le finds answers by dissecting    More >

Female Militants in South Asia: Fighters and Facilitators
Ayesha Ray

Though often portrayed as lacking agency, women in South Asia, in considerable numbers, participate actively in the insurgencies that plague the region—taking up arms alongside men or    More >

South Korea and the Politics of Ethnic Nationalism
Timothy C. Lim, editor

Though for decades South Korea was considered the quintessential homogeneous nation-state, the more recent influx of significant immigration has given rise to intensely debated questions    More >

Latin America, China, and Great Power Competition: New Triangular Relationships
Enrique Dussel Peters

The emergence of Latin America and the Caribbean as an arena for US-China competition raises a number of important questions: What are China’s goals in LAC? Is its presence there a    More >

China’s Strategy in the Gulf: Navigating Conflicts and Rivalries
Benjamin Houghton

China's foreign and security policy in the Gulf region has been characterized by the cultivation of strong positive relationships with all of the Gulf states, irrespective of their    More >

The Politics of South Korea: A Comprehensive Introduction
Ji Young Choi

Once an impoverished, autocratic country, in just a few decades South Korea has transformed itself into a vibrant democracy with a highly developed economy. Using a comparative perspective    More >

Asia Pacific in World Politics, 3rd edition
Derek McDougall

This new edition of Asia Pacific in World Politics reflects the impact of nearly a decade of significant events and shifts in the region: the escalation of the conflicts between China and    More >

Hedging the China Threat: US-Taiwan Security Relations Since 1949
Shao-cheng Sun

The United States has never formally recognized Taiwan as a sovereign state, yet it has provided the country with security assistance since the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC)    More >

China Moves West: The Evolving Strategies of the Belt and Road Initiative
Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Benjamin Houghton, and Jia Liu, editors

In September 2013, Xi Jinping announced the launch of a Chinese-led megaproject, the Belt and Road Initiative, that would transform Asia's position within the global economy. Some ten    More >

Electoral Malpractice in Asia: Bending the Rules
Netina Tan and Kharis Templeman, editors

What causes widespread abuse of the electoral process? How do political elites choose and weigh the relative costs and benefits of differing kinds of electoral manipulation? How and why have    More >

Xi Jinping’s China: The Personal and the Political
Stig Stenslie and Marte Kjær Galtung

With steely determination, Xi Jinping has forged his way to absolute power at home, consolidated China's role as a global superpower, and promoted instrumental myths about his life. All    More >

Asia-Pacific Small States: Political Economies of Resilience
Stephen Noakes and Alexander C. Tan, editors

Both the spread of Covid-19 and the intense US-China rivalry have been sources of stress for national economies throughout Asia Pacific. The authors of Asia-Pacific Small States, eschewing    More >

The Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Strategic Alliances and Rivalries
Amira Jadoon with Andrew Mines

The deadly attack on Kabul's airport in August 2021 shocked the world and brought concentrated attention to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISK). New questions quickly arose: How    More >

Countering China: US Responses to the Belt and Road Initiative
Edward Ashbee

By March 2022, a remarkable 144 countries had signed onto the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)—China's massive investment and infrastructure development program—with    More >

Between Brussels and Beijing: The Transatlantic Response to China’s Presence in the Baltic Sea Region
Olevs Nikers and Otto Tabuns, editors

China's growing presence in the strategically important Nordic-Baltic region has implications not only for the region itself, but also for general transatlantic relations. Within that    More >

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