Joseph Chinyong Liow, “Can Indonesia Fulfill Its Aspirations to Regional Leadership?”
Ch. 12, Kuik Cheng-Chwee, “Malaysia-China Relations after MH370: Policy Change or Business as Usual?”
Ch. 13, Mark Manyin, “Vietnam among the Powers: Struggle & Cooperation”
Ch. 14, Truong Vu, “The Politics of Struggling Co-evolution”: Trade, Power, and Vision in Vietnam’s Relations with China”
Australia
Ch. 15, John Fitzgerald, “Why Values Matter in Australia’s Relations with China”
Ch. 16, Andrew O’Neil, “Less Geneva, More Jakarta: Assessing Australia’s Asia Pivot”
India
Ch. 17, John W. Garver, “The New Fulcrum of Asia: The Indo-Japan Entente and the Rise of China”
Ch. 18, Rahul Mishra, “From Look East to Act East: Transitions in India’s Eastward Engagement”
India-US Relations
Ch. 19, Daniel Twining, “A US Perspective,”
Ch. 20, Takenaka Chiharu, “A Japanese Perspective,”
Ch. 21, Rahul Mishra, “An Indian Perspective”
Gilbert Rozman is the editor-in-chief of The Asan Forum and the Emeritus Musgrave Professor of Sociology at Princeton University. He specializes on Northeast Asia—China, Japan, Korea, and Russia--, examining bilateral relations and the impact of national identities on them. His work emphasizes mutual perceptions and how they impact international relations.
Joseph Chinyong Liow was the inaugural holder of the Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asia Studies and senior fellow at the Brookings Center for East Asia Policy Studies. He is currently dean and professor of comparative and international politics at the S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Liow’s research interests encompass Muslim politics in Southeast Asia and the international politics of the Asia-Pacific region.
This book, part of a series, seeks to re-conceptualize Asian geographies; rather than a static East Asia core, this volume analyzes Asia's southern fringe, as symbolized in the trading group ASEAN and its role in Asia's evolving international relations. The contributors include many leading experts in the field, ensuring that this book will be the go-to text for students, scholars, and civil society decision makers exploring Asia's contemporary political spectrum in real time.