 | The Routledge Handbook of US Foreign Policy in the Indo-Pacific Subjects: Area Studies; Politics & International Relations; Introductory Politics; Asian Studies; Military & Strategic Studies; Asian Politics; International Political Economy; International Politics; International Relations; Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns; Asian Studies (General); Asia Pacific Studies; Military Studies; Security Studies - Military & Strategic; Strategic Studies; Chinese Politics; Japanese Politics; South Asian Politics; South East Asian Politics; Globalization; American Politics; Foreign Policy; Global Governance; International Organizations; Regionalism; Transnationalism; Conflict Resolution; Peacekeeping; Peace Studies; War & Conflict Studies; 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. US strategy there has evolved over centuries, with its physical presence going broadly unchallenged since at least the middle of the last century. However, the rapid development and expanding influence of China - alongside the growth of India, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, and others - as well as political and economic crises and disruptions in the United States itself, mean that in recent times the US has come to occupy a newly uncertain position and perceive a range of highly unfamiliar challenges. To explore how the US has managed (and continues to manage) its regional history, and how it approaches the modern-day landscape of an Indo-Pacific only recently normalised within international political discourse, the book contains 33 newly commissioned chapters from leading experts in the field. It does so partly with help from the more traditional realms of International Relations theory, as well as more critical realms. It also unpacks US policy and strategy as it pertains to regional governments, states, and multilateral institutions, as well as to pressing issues including inter-state security, human rights, trade, artificial intelligence, and cyber strategy. It does so in four parts: * History of the US in the Indo-Pacific * Theorising US policy and presence in the Indo-Pacific * The US and Indo-Pacific states and institutions * The US and Indo-Pacific issues 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. Oliver Turner is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Edinburgh. His primary research interests are the international affairs of Asia; US-China dynamics; UK engagement in Asia, and the 'rise' of states like China and India. He has published academic articles in journals including the European Journal of International Relations, Review of International Studies, Geopolitics, Third World Quarterly, and others. His books include American Images of China: Identity, Power, Policy (Routledge) and The United States in the Indo-Pacific: Obama's Legacy and the Trump Transition (Manchester University Press, with Inderjeet Parmar). Nicola Nymalm is an Assistant Professor in War Studies the Swedish Defence University (FHS) and an associate research fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) in Stockholm. Her research interests include relations between 'established' and 'emerging' powers drawing from critical approaches to IR, IPE, security, and military studies. She is the author of From 'Japan Problem' to 'China Threat'? (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), and her work has appeared in journals such as International Political Sociology, International Studies Review, Review of International Studies and Journal of International Relations and Development. Wali Aslam is an Associate Professor in International Relations at the University of Bath, United Kingdom. Wali's research interests lie in the fields of International (especially Asian) Security, International Relations theory and Pakistan's foreign relations. He is the author of The United States and Great Power Responsibility in International Society: Drones, Rendition and Invasion (2013) and co-editor of Precision Strike Warfare and International Intervention: Strategic, Ethico-Legal and Decisional Implications (2014). Before joining the University of Bath, he worked at Brunel University, the University of Glasgow and the University of Leeds. |
