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The Routledge handbook of US policy in the Indo-Pacific / edited by Oliver Turner, Nicola Nymalm and Wali Aslam.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Aslam, Wali, editor.
Nymalm, Nicola, editor.
Turner, Oliver, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States--Foreign relations.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (529 pages)
Place of Publication:
London, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2023]
Summary:
"This handbook provides a comprehensive survey of US foreign policy throughout the Indo-Pacific. Home to around 60 percent of the world's population; most of the world's largest and fastest-growing economies; around half of the world's states with full nuclear capabilities; and a complicated web of unresolved tensions, disputes, and conflicts, the Indo-Pacific is arguably the most diverse, dynamic, and contested region on Earth. The book is designed to be of interest to students and scholars of the US in the Indo-/Asia Pacific; the international relations of the Indo-/Asia Pacific; and US foreign policy"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Cover
Endorsement
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Figures
Graphs
Notes On Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Aims of the Volume
Structure of the Volume
References
Section 1 History of the US in the Indo-Pacific
1 The United States in the Indo-Pacific Before World War II: Trends, Strategic Thinking, and Diplomatic Realities
Historical Lexicon and Analytical Sources: The Indo-Pacific as One Unit of Asian Strategic Policy
The Terminology in History
Explaining the Indo-Pacific: Lines of Inquiries
The United States in Asia, 1784-1900: Private Commerce, Consular Apparatus, and the Open Door Policy
Asia in American Strategic Thought and Policy: Prevailing Trends, 1901-1941
Important Geopolitical Thinking
Wilsonism
1922 Washington Conference: Collective Security
Anti-Colonialism
Conclusion: Indo-Pacific Perspectives On the United States in Pre-World War II Asia
2 World War Two and the Post-War 'New Order' in the Indo-Pacific
The United States, Japan and the Road to War
The Pacific War
The Defeat of Japan and the End of the Second World War
American Post-War Strategic Interests in Asia
Economic and Multilateral Assistance to Asia
Military Escalation in Korea
A 'New Look' Policy
The War in Vietnam
The New Strategic Environment
US-China Relations
Conclusion
Bibliography
3 US Grand Strategy in Asia
American Grand Strategy and the Washington Consensus On Liberal Hegemony
The Genealogy of American Hegemony in Asia
Barack Obama and the 'Pivot to Asia'
Donald Trump and 'America First': The End of Pax Americana in Asia?
Note
Section 2 Theorising US Policy and Presence in the Indo-Pacific.
4 'Asian' International Relations Theory: Theorizing Difference, Speaking Back From the Indo-Pacific, and Alternative Imaginaries of US Indo-Pacific Policy
Provincializing IR and Efforts to Speak Back From the Indo-Pacific
China: History, Ancient Political Thought and Practices
Japan and In-Betweenness
India: A Program of Recovery and Its Pitfalls
Epistemology and Ontology Matter in Speaking Back: IRs From the Indo-Pacific and the Possibility of Alternative Political Imaginaries
Conclusion: Thinking About Difference and the US Indo-Pacific Strategy
Notes
5 The Racial Dimensions of US Policies and the Indo-Pacific
Racial Prejudices, Images, and Policies
The Yellow Peril and US Policies Toward China and Japan
Fears of Appearing Racist and Its Impact On US Policies
The Emergence of the Chinese Yellow Peril?
6 Power and Hegemony in the Indo-Pacific: A Postcolonial View
The Indo-Pacific: Terra Nullius Reimagined in Maritime Terms
Realism, Liberalism, Constructivism, and the Indo-Pacific
The Limits of Good Governance and Human Rights in the Indo-Pacific
Women's Rights and the Indo-Pacific Vision
7 West Meets East: Constructivism and American Policy in the Indo-Pacific
What Is Constructivism?
Constructing the Indo-Pacific
Case Studies: The PRC and India
People's Republic of China
India
8 Poststructuralism and US Discourses of the Indo-Pacific
Poststructuralism
Key Authors in IR
Power/Knowledge
Genealogy
Foreign Policy, Discourses, and Identity
Methodological Questions
The Concept of Discourse
Critique
Discourses of the Indo-Pacific in the Donald Trump Administration.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo On a "Free and Open Indo-Pacific"
The State Department's "A Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Advancing a Shared Vision" Report
Other Areas of Research
9 Gender and American Foreign and Security Policy in the Indo-Pacific
Gender Analytic Resources for the Study of US Indo-Pacific Policy
Feminist Security Studies
Emerging Approaches
US Foreign Policy in the Indo-Pacific and Gender in Historical Perspective
Philippines
Japan
South Korea
Vietnam
III. Current Indo-Pacific Gender Issues for US Foreign Policy
10 Explaining the US Presence in the Indo-Pacific: Marxist-Gramscian-Kautskyian Approaches
The Marxist Foundations of Gramscian Theory
Gramsci and Hegemony
Network Building: The Foundations of US Hegemony
Gramsci and the Indo-Pacific
Ultra-Imperialism Dovetails With Hegemony
A Gramscian-Kautskyian Analysis of Sino-US Relations
Networking China Into the US-Led Order
The Challenge to Elite Knowledge Networks - The 'Rise' of China
Conflict, Co-Operation, and Turbulence
The China-US Elite Knowledge Network Since 2015 - Conflict Amid Cooperation
11 Realist Theories and US Foreign Policy in the Indo-Pacific
Realism and IR Theories
Balance of Power Theory and US Foreign Policy During the Cold War
US Policy in the Indo-Pacific
Hegemony and US Foreign Policy After the Cold War
US Hegemony and the Indo-Pacific
Power Transition Theory: The United States, China, and the Indo-Pacific
US Policy and the Emergence of an Indo-Pacific Power Transition
12 The Liberal Paradigm and US Policy in the Indo-Pacific
Liberalism in International Relations
Institutions.
Domestic Institutions
International Institutions
Domestic-International Links
The United States and the Indo-Pacific
The Cold War Through the Late 1980s
After the Cold War: Late 1980s to 2008
Since 2008: Commercial Versus Republican Liberalism
Republican Liberalism Ascendant?
Section 3 The US and Indo-Pacific States and Institutions
13 US Foreign Policy Towards China
Early US China Policy
The Cold War
A New 'China Century'. A New China Threat?
Twenty-First Century US China Policy: A New Cold War?
14 The US, Japan, and the Indo-Pacific
The Cold War, the US-Japan Alliance, and US Asia Strategy
From 'Hub and Spokes' to a Regional Network
Strategic Convergence Across the Indo-Pacific
15 The US and North Korea: The Nuclear Problem That Refuses to Go Away
The US and North Korea During the Cold War
President Bill Clinton and the First Nuclear Crisis
President George W. Bush and the Second Nuclear Crisis
President Barack Obama and Leadership Transition in North Korea
President Donald Trump and the Historic Singapore Summit
16 Alliance Asymmetries and the Challenges of Balancing Security and Democracy: US Relations With the Republic of Korea
From Civil War to Great Power Conflict, 1945-1953
Cold War Dynamics: Balancing Security, Nation Building and Democracy Promotion, 1954-1989
Post-Cold War Alliance Dynamics: 1990 to the Present
17 The United States and Taiwan: Foundations and Challenges of the One China Policy
Historical Context
Pressures From Developments in China, Taiwan, and Cross-Strait Relations.
US Response to Developments in the Last 20 Years
Sustainability of the US One China Policy
18 The Philippines in the United States' Indo-Pacific Grand Strategies: From Strategic Rebalancing to Strategic Competition
Placing US Foreign Policy in Relation to the Philippines Within US Grand Strategies
The Obama Administration's Strategic Rebalancing
The Philippines in the Rebalancing Strategy
US-China Strategic Competition and the Policy of Strategic Patience
Prospects Under the Biden Administration
19 Less Is More: US Engagement With Indonesia (1945-2021)
The Emergence of Indonesian Independence and US Hegemony: 1945-1949
Bargaining Between Power and Sensitivity, The Cold War Years, 1950-1990
Moving From Open Geopolitical Realism to Cosmopolitan Interventionism, 1990-
The Framework of the US Fight Against Muslim Terrorists, 2001-
The Framework of Containment of China, 2017-
20 Values Over Interests: Variations in US-Myanmar Policy Since 1988
The 1990s: Congress' Cause, Sanctions and Isolation
The 2000s: The Bush Administration and Continued Isolation
The Obama Years: Dialogue and Reform
Obama's Second Term: The Road to 2015 and Frayed Relations
The Rohingya Crisis and The Trump Administration: 2017-2021
21 US Relations With Sri Lanka: A Case of Impulsiveness, Missed Opportunities and Strategic Competition
Cold War
War On Terrorism
The Rise of China
22 The Evolution of American Foreign Policy Toward India
The Shock of 1962
The 1971 Crisis and Its Ramifications
The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and After.
The Cold War's End and Its Impact On India.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781003018322
1003018327
9781000805031
1000805034
OCLC:
1354264336

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