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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. China's Arrival in Latin America -- 2. Is There a LatAm- US- China Economic Triangle? -- 3. The New and Not- So- New Foreign Policies in the Americas -- 4. Latin American Views of Chinese and U.S. Policy -- 5. Mexico– United States– China -- 6. A Structural Explanation for Sino- US- Venezuelan Relations -- 7. U.S., China, and Brazil -- 8. Argentina, the US, and China -- 9. China and the United States in the Andes -- 10. Central America and the Caribbean's Relations with China and the United States -- 11. China's Rise in Latin America -- 12. Strategic Aspects of the China– Latin America Interaction -- 13. The United States, China, and Latin America -- 14. China's Security Challenge to the United States in Latin America and the Caribbean -- 15. Conclusions and Comparisons to Developments in Central and Southeast Asia -- About the Contributors -- Index

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- RELATIONS WITH CHINA -- RELATIONS WITH INDIA -- RELATIONS WITH JAPAN -- RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA -- RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES -- THE OUTLOOK FOLLOWING THE 2015 ELECTIONS -- CONCLUSION

Big, unexpected changes are here to stay. Slow, incremental change has become a relic of the past. Today's shifts come fast and big, what Darrell West calls megachanges, in which dramatic disruptions in trends and policies occur on a regular basis. Domestically, we see megachange at work in the new attitudes and policies toward same-sex marriage, health care, smoking, and the widespread legalization of marijuana use. Globally, we have seen the extraordinary rise and then collapse of the Arab Spring, the emergence of religious zealotry, the growing influence of nonstate actors, the spread of IS

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CONTINENTAL VERSUS MARITIME DIVIDE -- HANOI-BEIJING RELATIONS: VIETNAM'S SURVIVAL STRATEGY -- VIETNAM-US RELATIONS: THE BALANCING ACT -- VIETNAM AND ASEAN: IN SEARCH OF 'GROUP BACKING' -- DRIVERS OF VIETNAMESE FOREIGN POLICY -- THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VIETNAM'S BALANCING STRATEGY -- VIETNAM'S UNIQUE POSITION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Missing Dimensions of Stateness -- Introduction -- The Contested Role of the State -- Scope versus Strength -- Scope, Strength, and Economic Development -- The New Conventional Wisdom -- The Supply of Institutions -- The Demand for Institutions -- Making Things Worse -- 2. Weak States and the Black Hole of Public Administration -- Introduction -- Institutional Economics and the Theory of Organizations -- The Ambiguity of Goals -- Principals, Agents, and Incentives -- Decentralization and Discretion -- Losing, and Reinventing, the Wheel -- Capacity-Building under Conditions of Organizational Ambiguity: Policy Implications -- 3. Weak States and International Legitimacy -- Introduction -- The New Empire -- The Erosion of Sovereignty -- Nation-Building -- Democratic Legitimacy at an International Level -- Beyond the Nation-State -- 4. Smaller but Stronger -- Bibliography -- Index

In the last two decades especially, we have witnessed the rise of 'celebrity' forms of global humanitarianism and charity work, spearheaded by entertainment stars, billionaires, and activist NGOs (e.g. Bob Geldof, Bono, Angelina Jolie, Madonna, Bill Gates, George Soros, Save Darfur, Medeçins Sans Frontières). This book examines this new phenomenon, arguing that celebrity humanitarianism legitimates, and indeed promotes, neoliberal capitalism and global inequality. Drawing on Slavoj Žižek's work, the book argues how celebrity humanitarianism, far from being altruistic, is significantly contaminated and ideological: it is most often self-serving, helping to promote institutional aggrandizement and the celebrity 'brand'; it advances consumerism and corporate capitalism, and rationalizes the very global inequality it seeks to redress; it is fundamentally depoliticizing, despite its pretensions to 'activism'; and it contributes to a 'postdemocratic' political landscape, which appears outwardly open and consensual, but is in fact managed by unaccountable elites.

"Founded in 1974, Southeast Asian Affairs provides, without fear or favour, informed and in-depth annual analyses of this vibrant region and its component countries. It is the only publication which does this and is in its own class without peers. It is a mandatory reference and read for those seriously interested in knowing Southeast Asia." – Professor A.B. Shamsul, Director, Institute of the Malay World & Civilization, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia "Now in its 37th edition, Southeast Asian Affairs offers an indispensable guide to this fascinating region. Lively, analytical, authoritative, and accessible, there is nothing comparable in quality or range to this series. It is a must read for academics, government officials, the business community, the media, and anybody with an interest in contemporary Southeast Asia. Drawing on its unparalleled network of researchers and commentators, ISEAS is to be congratulated for producing this major contribution to our understanding of this diverse and fast-changing region, to a consistently high standard and in a timely manner." – Hal Hill, H.W. Arndt Professor of Southeast Asian Economies, Australian National University

Joyce Kaufman and Kristen Williams draw on both traditional and feminist IR theory to explore the roles that women play leading up to, during, and after conflict situations, how they spur and respond to nationalist and social movements, and how conceptions of gender are deeply intertwined with ideas about citizenship and the state

Henry Cabot Lodge became United States ambassador to South Vietnam in August 1963, a critical period in the evolution of American policy there. During the first of Lodge's two embassies in Saigon, a U.S. government-approved coup overthrew President Diem of South Vietnam and another U.S.-inspired coup brought to power a Vietnamese general trained in America. This book focuses on Lodge's ambassadorship from 1963 to June 1964, examining the constraints and possibilities inherent in the Vietnam situation at that time and revealing the role Lodge played in shaping President Lyndon Johnson's 1965 decision to commit U.S. troops to the war.Anne Blair is the first to draw on Lodge's collected papers, including an unpublished memoir, as well as on previously unavailable U.S. Saigon Embassy reports and on interviews with former U.S. officials and others who served with Lodge in Vietnam and Washington. According to Blair, Lodge felt strongly that U.S. troops should not be involved in the war, but his sense of the proper conduct of foreign affairs prevented him from opening a public debate on the matter. In addition, after the coup against Diem, Lodge regarded his mission in Saigon as completed and was disengaged in the vital 1964 period when the U.S. government should have reviewed its aims and vital stakes in South Vietnam. Lodge took up the Saigon mission and stayed with it because he was a patriot. But, Blair concludes, his good intentions were not coupled with effective policymaking, and the results proved disastrous for the future

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Borders Performed -- 1 Staging Independence Day -- 2 Observing Rituals in the Inner Line Zone -- 3 Screening a Contested Landscape -- 4 Songs of Honor, Lines of Descent -- 5 Border Games -- Conclusion: Flowing across the Lines -- Notes -- References -- Index

How do rural development programs, especially those run by nongovernmental organizations, cope in a time of structural adjustment programs and economical liberalization? Using Ecuador as a representative example, the authors of Rural Progress, Rural Decay explore the consequences of neoliberal macroeconomic policies for equitable development—and demonstrate that NGOs can make little headway in promoting "poor people's entrepreneurship" in what remains an essentially big-business-dominated economic and political environment

Exploring the relationship between governance and development policy, the authors of this collection describe recent governance changes in a range of African countries, analyze the consequences of those changes for institutional reforms, and highlight the challenges involved in consolidating ongoing processes of economic liberalization and democratization