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