ABSTRACT

The fully up-dated 2nd edition of The New Global Politics of the Asia Pacific presents a coherent framework for understanding the complex international and global politics of the Asia Pacific.

This is an introductory textbook to the main frameworks needed to understand the region (realism, liberalism, critical theory), which is reader-friendly while still offering sophisticated competing interpretations. The authors present a highly topical account that provides an overview of the main actors, institutions and contemporary issues, such as security and transnational actors.

chapter 3|11 pages

Japan in the Asia-Pacific

chapter 4|14 pages

China in the Asia-Pacific

chapter 6|11 pages

Australia in the Asia-Pacific

chapter 7|10 pages

Europe and the Asia-Pacific

chapter 8|14 pages

Regional security in the Asia-Pacific

chapter 12|11 pages

Culture and politics in the Asia-Pacific