The Oxford Handbook of the International Relations of Asia: (Oxford Handbooks)

In the past quarter century, the importance of Asia in international relations has grown exponentially. This Handbook gathers the most important scholars in the field of Asia's international relations to address this momentous change in world politics. The editors and contributors focus on three basic themes: assessing appropriate theories for explaining the evolution of the international relations of Asian countries within the region and with the rest of the world; tracing the recent history of Asia in world politics; and focusing on emerging trends. The Handbook brings readers the latest scholarship on the bilateral, regional, and global relations of Asian countries in the fields of political economy, national security, and human security.Comprehensive in theme, breadth, and methodology, this Handbook is a timely addition to the existing literature on the changes currently underway in Asian countries that promise to have significant implications for world politics.

Table of Contents:
About the Contributors List of Tables and Illustrations PART I INTRODUCTION 1. The International Relations of Asia Saadia M. Pekkanen, John Ravenhill, and Rosemary Foot PART II THEORETICAL APPROACHES 2. Realism and Asia Michael Mastanduno 3. The Liberal View of the International Relations of Asia Stephan Haggard 4. Constructivism and International Relations in Asia David Leheny 5. Foreign Policy Analysis and the IR of Asia Yuen Foong Khong 6. The International Society Approach and Asia Barry Buzan 7. International Relations Theory and the "Rise of Asia" Amitav Acharya PART III INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY A. FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND POLICIES 8. Japan's Foreign Economic Policies Mireya Solis 9. China's Foreign Economic Relations and Policies Margaret M. Pearson 10. The Foreign Economic Policy of a Rising India Amrita Narlikar 11. South Korea's Foreign Economic Relations and Government Policies Myung-Koo Kang 12. The Political Economy of Southeast Asia's Foreign Economic Policies and Relations Helen Nesadurai 13. Central Asia's Inside-Out Foreign Economic Relations Alexander Cooley B. REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION 14. Principal Developments and Future Directions in Asia's Trade Christopher Dent 15. The Rise of Financial Cooperation in Asia William W. Grimes 16. Currency and Exchange Rate Regimes in Asia Saori N. Katada and C. Randall Henning 17. The Evolution of Foreign Direct Investment in Asia Saadia M. Pekkanen and Kellee S. Tsai 18. Production Networks in Asia John Ravenhill PART IV INTERNATIONAL SECURITY A. FOREIGN SECURITY RELATIONS AND POLICIES 19. Japan's Foreign Security Relations and Policies Christopher W. Hughes 20. The Domestic Context of Chinese Foreign Security Policies Susan Shirk 21. India's Foreign and Security Policies Sumit Ganguly 22. Strong, Prosperous or Great? North Korean Security and Foreign Policy John Delury and Chung-In Moon 23. South Korea's Foreign Relations and Security Policies Scott A. Snyder and Leif-Eric Easley 24. Southeast Asia's Evolving Security Relations and Strategies Evelyn Goh 25. A Synthetic Approach to Foreign Security Relations and Policies in Central Asia Sally N. Cummings B. REGIONAL RIVALRIES AND COOPERATION 26. Nuclear Politics in Asia Jingdong Yuan 27. Territorial and Maritime Boundary Disputes in Asia M. Taylor Fravel 28. Energy Security in Asia Purnendra Jain 29. Economic-Security Linkages in Asia Hidetaka Yoshimatsu PART V TRANSNATIONAL HUMAN SECURITY 30. Human Rights Developments in Asia Ian Neary 31. Health Risks and Responses in Asia Kerstin Lukner 32. Forced Migration in Contemporary Asia Michael Strausz 33. Environment, Human Security, and Cooperation in Asia Kim D. Reimann PART VI OLD AND NEW PROSPECTS 34. Asia's Regional Security Institutions Alice D. Ba 35. Ideas and Institutionalization in Asia Richard Stubbs and Jennifer Mustapha 36. Trade Institutions in Asia Vinod K. Aggarwal and Min Gyo Koo 37. Geography and the Security Dilemma in Asia Jennifer Lind 38. American Alliances and Asia's Regional Architecture Victor D. Cha 39. Strategic Asian Triangles Michael J. Green

About the Author :
Saadia Pekkanen is Associate Director, the Founding Director of the Ph.D. Program, and the Job & Gertrud Tamaki Professor at the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. John Ravenhill is Director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs, and Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. Rosemary Foot is Professor of International Relations and John Swire Senior Research Fellow in the International Relations of East Asia at St Antony's College, Oxford University.

Review :
"The Oxford Handbook of the International Relations of Asia brings together an exceptional array of experts who provide rich analytic depth on a comprehensive range of issues. It is sure to be a well-thumbed reference on many of our desks for years to come." --T.J. Pempel, Jack M. Forcey Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley "The Handbook is essential reading for all scholars, practitioners and students interested in the international relations of Asia. It never fails to impress in its comprehensive coverage of the theories and empirical issues critical to a better understanding of the region." --Ralf Emmers, Associate Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University "Rising Asia needed its Oxford Handbook. This is a massive, encyclopedic work, bringing together leading authorities from all over the world on theory, political economy, traditional and non-traditional security, and emerging policy choices for the continent. An unsurpassed intellectual resource." --Kanti Bajpai, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore "Three leading scholars of East Asia assembled a stellar cast of contributors to produce a state of the art collection on critical dimensions of East Asian international relations. Bound to become a standard reference in the field on a broad range of theoretical and empirical topics." --Etel Solingen, Thomas T. and Elizabeth C. Tierney Chair in Peace and Conflict Studies