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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789894803321

Autore

Ali S. Mahmud <1952-, >

Titolo

Asia-Pacific security dynamics in the Obama era : a new world emerging / / S. Mahmud Ali

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-37385-8

9786613373854

1-136-67115-3

0-203-80881-9

1-136-67116-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Politics in Asia

Disciplina

355/.03305

Soggetti

Security, International - Asia

Security, International - Pacific Area

National security - Asia

National security - Pacific Area

Asia Politics and government 1945-

Pacific Area Politics and government

United States Foreign relations Asia

United States Foreign relations Pacific Area

Asia Foreign relations United States

Pacific Area Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Asia-Pacific Security Dynamics in the Obama Era A new world emerging; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Acronyms/Abbreviations; Preface; Prologue: Shifting tectonic plates; 1 Obama's early initiatives and Beijing's response; 2 The Japan-Australia-India strategic triangle; 3 The Kremlin's gamesmans; 4 ASEAN's security nightmares; Epilogue: A new Cold War?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the critical changes to the Asia-Pacific security architecture emerging in the context of shifts in the global order as the



Obama Administration's major strategic innovation and likely legacy unfold. The author reviews the state of the international security system during the Obama presidency, recording the Administration's Asia-Pacific inheritance, and tracing its efforts to chart a collaborative course aimed at retaining US primacy amidst strategic turbulence. While security discourses are coloured by relative US 'decline' and China's 'rise,' the book points out the com