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