Summary Every international negotiation bears a risk of collapse, as even among like-minded countries, different players often have different priorities and interests. This can result…
Country or Region: Southeast Asia
Summary More than any other region in the world, Asia has witnessed tremendous change in the post-war era. A continent once engulfed by independence and…
Summary Southeast Asia is one of the most diverse regions in the world – hosting a wide range of languages, ethnicities, religions, economies, ecosystems and…
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Summary China’s relations with its neighbors have evolved since 1949, and in the 21st century many scholars argue that China’s rising power has led it…
Summary This book explores the role of institutions in economic growth, looking in particular at specific Asian countries and at particular cities within those countries.…
Summary The Routledge Handbook of Politics in Asia is designed to serve as a comprehensive reference guide to politics in Asia. Covering East, South, Southeast,…
Summary A vital component of the interdependent global economy, maritime transit routes are nowhere more critical than those traversing the Indian Ocean and the Western…
Summary In this empirically rich collection of essays, a team of leading international scholars explore the way that economic transformation is sustained and challenged by…
Summary What are Beijing’s objectives towards the developing world and how they have evolved and been pursued over time? Featuring contributions by recognized experts, China…
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Summary This balanced and deeply informed book provides a comprehensive account of China’s Asia policy since the Cold War. Lowell Dittmer traces the PRC’s policy…
Summary Now in its new and fully updated third edition, The New Global Politics of the Asia-Pacific continues to provide a compelling analysis of a…
Continue reading Connors, Michael Kelly, Rémy Davison, and Jörn Dosch
Summary Thousands of studies have been conducted by social scientists in the villages and islands, and increasingly in the towns, of the Pacific. Despite this,…
Summary In an era of globalization, trade in goods and cross-border services and capital flows play a key role in determining the economic growth path…
Continue reading Chakraborty, Debashis, and Jaydeep Mukherjee, eds
Summary The Routledge Handbook of Africa–Asia Relations is the first handbook aimed at studying the interactions between countries across Africa and Asia in a multi-disciplinary…
Summary Asia after the Developmental State presents cutting-edge analyses of state-society transformation in Asia under globalisation. The volume incorporates a variety of political economy and…
Continue reading Carroll, Toby, D. S. L. Jarvis, and Richard Stubbs, eds
