The New Global Politics of the Asia Pacific

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 guide 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, which provides an overview of the main actors, institutions and contemporary issues, such as security and transnational actors.

Key content includes: * the US in the Asia Pacific * China and Japan in the Asia Pacific * Southeast Asia in the Asia Pacific * Australia in the Asia Pacific * Europe in the Asia Pacific * globalization, regionalism and political economy * Asian values, democracy and human rights * transnational actors