Power transition in Asia

Current preoccupations with the 'rise of Asia' attest to the nascent contestation of the very idea of what the pattern of international politics should look like and how it should be practiced. In this respect, the growing reference to a 'shift to the East' in global politics has become a popular shorthand for the nascent 'power transition' in world affairs. This volume offers a detailed conceptual and empirical investigation of the dynamics of power transition in Asia and details the accommodation strategies and coping mechanisms of different small and middle powers in Asia and, importantly, China's responses to these approaches.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Continuity and change in Asia to the power shift to the East -- PART I Conceptual and historical contexts of power transition -- 1 Asian century - western decline: critical reflections -- 2 Hegemonic turnover in East Asia: a historical review since the nineteenth century -- PART II Chinese reactions to the power transition -- 3 Power transition in Asia: the view from China

Introduction: Continuity and Change in Asia to the Power Shift to the East 1. - David Walton. - Part I: Conceptual and Historical Contexts of Power Transition 11. - 1 Asian century - western decline: critical reflections 13. - Michael Cox. - 2 Hegemonic Turnover in East Asia: A Historical Review since the Nineteenth Century 26. - Tung-Chieh Tsai and Tony Tai-Ting Liu. - Part II: Chinese Reactions to the Power Transition 45. - 3 Power Transition in Asia: The View from China 47. - Ren Xiao. - 4 How Chinese International Relations scholars are addressing Asia's current power transition 59. - Hung-jen Wang. - Part III: Asia-PACIFIC Reactions to the Power Transition 75. - 5 Pivots, Transitions and Distractions: Power Transition Theory in East Asia and the US-Japan-China Relationship 2002-12 77. - Steven F. Jackson. - 6 Australia's Asian Mirror 104. - Malcolm Cook. - 7 Rising China's test for also-rising Indonesia: time for Indonesia to punch its weight? 119. - Steven Drakeley. - 8 The changing bilateral configurations between China and Japan 134. - Go Ito. - 9 Indian Perceptions of the Power Transition 147. - Harsh V. Pant. - 10 China's Rise and Taiwan's identity change: a reaction from Taiwan 166. - Yitan Li and Enyu Zhang. - 11 Russian Perceptions of the Power Transition 179. - Artyom Lukin. - 12 Vietnam Perceptions of the Power Transition 192. - Kim Huynh and Thanh Hai Do. - Conclusion: Whether Power Transition and Whither if One? 207. - Emilian Kavalski