The Routledge Handbook of US Foreign Policy in the Indo-Pacific

This handbook provides a comprehensive survey of US foreign policy throughout the Indo-Pacific.

Autorentext

Oliver Turner is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Nicola Nymalm is Assistant Professor in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University (FHS) and an Associate Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) in Stockholm.

Wali Aslam is Reader (Associate Professor) in International Relations at the University of Bath, UK.

Zusammenfassung
This handbook provides a comprehensive survey of US foreign policy throughout the Indo-Pacific.

Inhalt

Introduction SECTION ONE: History of the US in the Indo-Pacific 1. The United States in the Indo-Pacific before World War II: Trends, Strategic Thinking, and Diplomatic Realities 2. World War Two and the Post-War 'New Order' in the Indo-Pacific 3. US Grand Strategy in Asia SECTION TWO: Theorising US policy and presence in the Indo-Pacific 4. 'Asian' International Relations Theory: Theorizing Difference, Speaking Back from the Indo-Pacific, and Alternative Imaginaries of US Indo-Pacific Policy 5. The Racial Dimensions of US Foreign Relations in the Indo-Pacific 6. Power and Hegemony in the Indo-Pacific: A Postcolonial View 7. West Meets East: Constructivism and American Policy in the Indo-Pacific 8. Poststructuralism and US Discourses of the Indo-Pacific 9. Gender and US Foreign and Security Policy in the Indo-Pacific 10. Explaining the US presence in the Indo-Pacific: Marxist-Gramscian-Kautskyian approaches 11. Realist Theories and US Foreign Policy in the Indo-Pacific 12. The Liberal Paradigm and U.S. Policy in the Indo-Pacific SECTION THREE: The US and Indo-Pacific states and institutions 13. US foreign policy towards China 14. The US, Japan, and the Indo-Pacific 15. The US and North Korea: The Nuclear Problem that Refuses to Go Away 16. Alliance asymmetries and the challenges of balancing security and democracy: US relations with the Republic of Korea 17. The United States and Taiwan: Foundations and challenges of the One China Policy 18. The Philippines in the United States' Indo-Pacific Grand Strategies: From Strategic Rebalancing to Strategic Competition 19. Less is More: US Engagement with Indonesia (1945-2021) 20. US-Myanmar/Burma Policy 21. US relations with Sri Lanka: A Case of Impulsiveness, Missed Opportunities and Strategic Competition 22. The Evolution of American Foreign Policy Toward India 23. Misaligned expectations and broken promises: United States foreign policy approach towards Pakistan (1947-2021) 24. US Engagement with Australia: 'No better friend'? 25. The United States and ASEAN: Bilateralism and Regionalism in a Changing Asia SECTION FOUR: The US and Indo-Pacific issues 26. The Pursuit of Primacy: US Security Policy in Indo-Pacific 27. US regional economic policy in the Indo-Pacific 28. Congress, Domestic Politics and Contemporary US Policy in the Indo-Pacific 29. US Nuclear Strategy in the Indo-Pacific (1945-2021) 30. The Role of Democracy and Human Rights in U.S. Indo-Pacific Policy (1945-2021) 31. US concerns regarding the Belt and Road Initiative 32. US Cyber Strategy in the Indo-Pacific 33. The US, Indo-Pacific, AI and Emerging Security Technologies