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Spotlight on ASIA . . .
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![]() | China Moves West: The Evolving Strategies of the Belt and Road InitiativeAnoushiravan Ehteshami, Benjamin Houghton, and Jia Liu, editors In September 2013, Xi Jinping announced the launch of a Chinese-led megaproject, the Belt and Road Initiative, that would transform Asia's position within the global economy. Some ten years on, the BRI, while facing significant obstacles, has gone from strength to strength. How has China’s BRI diplomacy affected its image across Asia? What does the BRI mean for Sino-US competition? More > |
![]() | Xi Jinping’s China: The Personal and the PoliticalStig Stenslie and Marte Kjær Galtung With steely determination, Xi Jinping has forged his way to absolute power at home, consolidated China's role as a global superpower, and promoted instrumental myths about his life. All the while, in many ways he has remained a mystery. Which is a problem, assert Stig Stenslie and Marte Kjær Galtung, because to understand China today, it is essential to understand Xi. Who is he? What More > |
![]() | Electoral Malpractice in Asia: Bending the RulesNetina Tan and Kharis Templeman, editors What causes widespread abuse of the electoral process? How do political elites choose and weigh the relative costs and benefits of differing kinds of electoral manipulation? How and why have patterns of electoral conduct changed over time? The authors of Electoral Malpractice in Asia answer these questions and more as they systematically compare the quality of elections across eleven More > |
![]() | Understanding Contemporary Asia Pacific, 2nd editionKatherine Palmer Kaup, editor Understanding Contemporary Asia Pacific provides a comprehensive introduction to one of the most complex and rapidly changing regions in the world today. This thoroughly revised new edition reflects more than a decade of major developments in the region (encompassing China, Japan, the Koreas, and all of the ASEAN member states), including the impact of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. With More > |
![]() | Between Brussels and Beijing: The Transatlantic Response to China’s Presence in the Baltic Sea RegionOlevs Nikers and Otto Tabuns, editors China's growing presence in the strategically important Nordic-Baltic region has implications not only for the region itself, but also for general transatlantic relations. Within that context, the authors of Between Brussels and Beijing present in-depth country studies that highlight current challenges and point to opportunities for improved regional and transatlantic security. More > |
![]() | Politics and Society in Contemporary China, 2nd editionElizabeth Freund Larus This acclaimed introduction to China's politics and policies has been extensively revised and thoroughly updated not only to focus on the Xi Jinping era, but also to be even more accessible to students. Elizabeth Larus concisely captures the dynamism of Chinese politics. From local politics to the judicial system, from minority issues to defense policy, from the Belt and Road Initiative to More > |
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