Great Power Competition and Middle Power Strategies

This edited volume addresses geo-economic strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific, exploring both the theoretical and thematic contours of this concept and issue-specific dynamics in the areas of finance, trade, energy, and technology competition. Chapters focus on the impact of renewed great power competition between Washington and Beijing in the Indo-Pacific region across these four areas. Each addresses central concerns for the future of the global economic order and offers a lens to understand interstate competition in light of the geopolitical shifts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Written by an international panel of experts, this volume provides a cohesive view of the region's most pressing issues. As such, it will be relevant to scholars specializing in Indo-Pacific domestic politics and foreign policy, U.S. foreign policy, middle powers, China-U.S. relations, China-EU relations, Asia-Pacific developments, international security, international political economy, and emerging markets.

Addresses strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific Places great power competition at the forefront Offers an explicit focus on middle power states and how they exercise power in the Indo-Pacific

Autorentext

Vinod K. Aggarwal is Distinguished Professor and Alann P. Bedford Professor of Asian Studies, Travers Department of Political Science; Director of the Berkeley Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center (BASC); Affiliated Professor at the Haas School of Business; and Fellow, Public Law and Policy Program, Berkeley Law, all at the University of California at Berkeley.

Margaret Kenney is Assistant Director of the Berkeley APEC Study Center and a Ph.D. Student in the Department of Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley.

Inhalt
Middle Power Economic Statecraft in a World of Geoeconomic Competition.- Pseudo Institutions:A Comparative Analysis of China's BRI and the US-led B3W.- Middle Powers and Institutional Design:A Case Study of the CPTPP and DEPA.- EU's Geoeconomic Strategy in the Indo-Pacific.- Between Big-push (quantity) and Bankability (quality):Geoeconomics of Infrastructure Financing in the Indo-Pacific.- Geo-economics of the Chinese Shipping Industry:Building Maritime Commercial Power from Bust to Boom,2008-2021.- The U.S-China Strategic Competition and Korea's Economic Statecraft:Combining Bilateral and Regional Strategies.- Vietnamese Geoeconomics in a Polarized Global Economy:Understanding Bamboo Diplomacy and its Viability.- Establishing Multilateral and Regional Rules on Digital Trade:The Role of Japan and Middle Powers.- South Korea's Renewable Energy Odyssey:A Failed Attempt at Carbon Neutral Growth without Nuclear Energy.