![]() | The Empires'' Edge Subjects: HISTORY / Oceania.; HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography.; Social movements; Geopolitics; International cooperation; Militarism; Militarism; Hegemony.; In the past decade the Asia-Pacific region has become a focus of international politics and military strategies. Due to China's rising economic and military strength, North Korea's nuclear tests and missile launches, tense international disputes over small island groups in the seas around Asia, and the United States pivoting a majority of its military forces to the region, the islands of the western Pacific have increasingly become the center of global attention. While the Pacific is a current hotbed of geopolitical rivalry and intense militarization, the region is also something else: a homeland to the hundreds of millions of people that inhabit it. SASHA DAVIS is an associate professor of environmental studies, geography, and sustainability at Keene State College. |
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