This book provides a comprehensive assessment of Beijing and Washington’s Southeast Asia policy, and moves beyond the superpower dyad to examine how multiple external actors — including the EU, UK, Japan, India, and Australia — are seeking to project power into the region.
Vital for scholars and students of international relations, security studies, and Asian politics, it offers a path to understanding one of the world's most strategically important regions in an era of great power and strategic competition.
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction: Southeast Asia in an Era of US-China Strategic Competition – Nicholas Khoo and Laura Southgate
2. China and Southeast Asia in the Era of Post-Cold War US-China Rivalry – Chien-Peng (C. P.) Chung
3. From Sentimental Imperialists to Gritty Power Broker: The United States in Postwar and Post-Colonial Southeast Asia – Juhn Chris P. Espia and Alexander C. Tan
4. Offering a Strategic Alternative: Japan’s Southeast Asia Policy in an Era of US-China Rivalry – Bhubhindar Singh
5. Looking and Acting East: India’s Power Projection in Southeast Asia – Neel Vanvari
6. Australia and Southeast Asia: Security Interdependence – Andrea Benvenuti
7. Tilting to the Indo-Pacific: United Kingdom’ Reengagement of Southeast Asia – Laura Southgate and Nicholas Khoo
8. The Limits of Soft Power: EU Normative Power in Southeast Asia – Uwe Wunderlich
9. Conclusion: Southeast Asia at a Crossroads – Laura Southgate and Nicholas Khoo
About the Author :
Laura Southgate is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Aston University, UK.
Nicholas Khoo is Associate Professor in the Politics Programme at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
Review :
“This book is an important and timely contribution to the literature. It offers clear and accessible analysis, providing insights that will be useful for researchers, students and practitioners.” Sarah Teo, Nanyang Technological University
