From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific : diplomacy in a contested region / / Robert G. Patman, Patrick Köllner, Balazs Kiglics, editors

• Pubblicazione: Gateway East, Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (365 pages)
• Disciplina: 320.12
• Soggetto topico: Geopolitics; Diplomacy
• Soggetto geografico: Indo-Pacific Region
• Persona (resp. second.): PatmanRobert G.; KöllnerPatrick <1968->; KiglicsBalazs
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific: Diplomacy in an Emerging Strategic Space -- The Indo-Pacific: Emerging World Region or Strategic Construct? -- Perspectives on Diplomacy -- The Contributions to This Volume -- References -- The Asia-Pacific's 'Age of Uncertainty': Great Power Competition, Globalisation and the Economic-Security Nexus -- Context: Our Age of Uncertainty -- Great Power Competition and International Order -- Globalisation and Deeper Power Shifts -- The Economic-Security Nexus -- The Economic Foundations of Hegemony -- China's 'Connectivity Power' -- Globalisation's Discontents -- Conclusion -- References -- Economic Diplomacy and Diplomatic Economists in the Asia-Pacific -- International Economic Diplomacy -- International Economic Theory -- Structural Changes and Their Implications -- Changing Trade Patterns -- Socio-Economic and Demographic Change -- Technology -- Climate Change -- Impacts on Economic Diplomacy -- Anti-Globalisation -- The Trade War -- US Policies -- China Policies -- The Tech War -- The Financial War -- The COVID-19 Pandemic -- Impacts on the Region -- Third Countries -- New Zealand and APEC -- America's Rebalancing Towards the Asia-Pacific in Retrospect and Prospect -- Introduction -- Asia as the 'Secondary Theatre' -- The Pivot to Asia -- Trump's Asia Policy -- China and the New Foreign Policy Paradigm -- Asia Policy in a New Administration -- Conclusion -- References -- China's Evolving Asia-Pacific Policy: From Asserting Chinese Interests to Coping with the Indo-Pacific Challenge -- Introduction -- Asserting Chinese National Interests in the Asia-Pacific -- Conflict with Japan -- Rising Tensions in the South China Sea -- Sino-South Korean Conflict. ; Deterrence Failure of US 'Strategic Rebalance to Asia-Pacific'? -- The Indo-Pacific Strategy: A Real Challenge for China? -- Deterioration of Sino-American Relations -- Chinese Perceptions of the Indo-Pacific Strategy -- China's Possible Policy Response to the Indo-Pacific Strategy -- Conclusion -- References -- Japan's Asia-Pacific Diplomacy in the Twenty-First Century: Empty Rhetoric or a New Paradigm? -- The Rise of Japan's Values-Based Diplomacy -- Tokyo's Values Diplomacy in Action -- The Deepening Sino-Japanese Conflict -- 'Proactive Pacifism' Abe-Style -- Values Diplomacy and the United States-China Rivalry -- Japan's Values-Based Diplomacy: Empty Rhetoric or a New Paradigm? -- References -- Narendra Modi and the Remaking of Indian Diplomacy -- Prime Ministers and Indian Diplomacy -- Pace and Innovation -- Summitry and Personal Diplomacy -- Seeing Xi -- Sharif and Khan -- Conclusion -- References -- Australia and New Zealand's South Pacific Diplomacy: Seeking to Balance China's Regional Engagement -- Introduction -- The South Pacific: An Important Oceanic World Region -- China's Growing Regional Engagement -- Australia 'Steps up' Its Regional Engagement -- New Zealand also 'Resets' Its Pacific Engagement -- Differences Between the Approaches of Australia and New Zealand: Climate Policy and Beyond -- Conclusions -- References -- Navigating the 'New Normal': New Zealand Track II Diplomacy and the Shifting Dynamics in Asia -- Introduction -- A 'New Normal'? -- Navigation of New Zealand's Relationships with the United States and China -- Like-Mindedness -- Commitment to Multilateralism -- 'Asia-Pacific' vs 'Indo-Pacific': What`s in a Name? -- The Importance of ASEAN -- Where Does New Zealand Fit into All of This? -- Conclusion: New Zealand's Foreign Policy - Balancing Interests, Values and Partnerships -- References. ; The Rise of New-Generation Foreign Policy Think Tanks in India: Causes, Contours and Roles -- Introduction -- Think Tanks in Global Comparison and Conceptual Perspective -- India's New-Generation Foreign Policy Think Tanks -- More Funding and Better Access to Information -- The Multiple Roles of Think Tanks -- The Blurring of Power and Ideas -- Policy Impact and Funding Issues -- Conclusions -- References -- Building ASEAN Identity Through Regional Diplomacy -- Introduction -- Dividends of Peace -- Increasing a Sense of Belonging -- ASEAN Identity as an Institutional Identity -- ASEAN Identity as a Communal Identity -- ASEAN Awareness -- The ASEAN Foundation -- The Feeling of ASEAN Citizenship -- Conclusion -- References -- Confidence, Trust and Empathy: Threat Perception and the Prospects for Peace in Korea and the South China Sea -- Key Concepts -- Confidence -- Trust -- Empathy -- Confidence, Trust and Empathy: Connections, Pathways, Sequencing -- From Theory to Practice: Threat and Threat Perception in Korea and the South China Sea -- North Korea -- The South China Sea -- Conclusion -- References -- The End of the Golden Weather: New Zealand's Trade Policy During a Time of International Transition -- Introduction -- Why Trade Matters for New Zealand -- New Zealand Trade Policy and International Relations Theory -- The End of the Golden Weather for New Zealand Trade Policy -- The Global Trade Policy Context-We Have Not Been Here Before -- While This is Happening, the Nature of Global Trade is Changing … -- … and so Are Public Expectations of Trade Agreements -- Filling the Trade Policy Leadership Vacuum -- Avoiding the 'Traps' -- A Flexible Six-Part Framework for Trade Policy in Turbulent Times -- Greater Emphasis on 'Concerted Open Plurilateralism' -- Sustaining Global and Regional Public Goods to Shore up Institutions and the Rules. ; …while also Preserving the Social Licence for Trade Policy -- A Sharpened Economic Diplomacy Focus is a Key Part of the COVID-19 Trade Recovery Strategy -- …and Australia Remains the Indispensable Partner -- Conclusions -- References -- Democracy Under Strain in the Philippines: The Populist Politics and Diplomacy of President Rodrigo Duterte -- Introduction -- Authoritarian Populism on the Rise -- Making Sense of Duterte's Populism -- From Aquino's Daang Matuwid (Straight Path) to Duterte's Strongman Rule -- Implementing the Davao Model: War on Drugs -- Some Political Continuities: More of the Same -- Patronage Politics -- Rehabilitation of the Marcoses -- Politicising the Military and Militarising the Bureaucracy -- Strategic Shifts in the Philippines' Foreign Policy -- Philippine Relations with China Under Arroyo and Aquino -- From Aquino's Balancing Act to Duterte's Rapprochement with China -- Duterte's Gamble: Costs and Benefits of Appeasement Policy Towards China -- More Aggressive Chinese Naval Intrusions -- Towards a Perilous Future: Long-Term Implications of Duterte's Policies -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific
• ISBN: 981-16-7007-2; 981-16-7006-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910743379103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Global political transitions.