Asia-Pacific Security Dynamics in the Obama Era; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Acronyms/Abbreviations; Preface; Prologue; 1 Obama's early initiatives and Beijing's response; 2 The Japan-Australia-India strategic triangle; 3 The Kremlin's gamesmanship; 4 ASEAN's security nightmares; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book examines the critical changes to the Asia-Pacific security architecture emerging in the context of shifts in the global order as the Obama Administration's major strategic innovation and likely legacy unfold. The author reviews the state of the international security system during the Obama presidency, recording the Administration's Asia-Pacific inheritance, and tracing its efforts to chart a collaborative course aimed at retaining US primacy amidst strategic turbulence. While security discourses are coloured by relative US 'decline' and China's 'rise, ' the book points out the compet
