<p>‘A judicious and wide-ranging edited collection, this book fills an important void in the field of US-Asian relations and it does so with considerable skill and sensitivity to historical context. Essential reading for those interested in US involvement in a region of signal importance and that has been experiencing significant transformation.’<br />Rosemary Foot, Senior Research Fellow in International Relations and Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford<br /><br />‘Perhaps no region in the world today poses as many challenges to the United States as does the Indo-Pacific -- home to some of its most important allies (Japan, Taiwan and South Korea), two of the world’s rising “superpowers”, and three states with nuclear weapons, as well as a whole host of unresolved tensions left behind by both World War II and the Cold War. This comprehensive volume does an outstanding job of analysing these complex issues. A must-read.’<br />Michael Cox, Emeritus Professor of International Relations and Director of IDEAS at the London School of Economics and Political Science</p>

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This edited collection examines the political, economic and security legacies of former US President Barack Obama in Asia and the Pacific, following two terms in office between 2009 and 2017. In a region that has only become more vivid in the American political imagination since Obama left office, this volume interrogates the endurance of Obama’s legacies in what is increasingly reimagined in Washington as the Indo-Pacific. Advancing our understanding of Obama’s style, influence and impact throughout the region, this volume explores dimensions of US relations and interactions with key Indo-Pacific states including China, India, Japan, North Korea and Australia; multilateral institutions and organisations such the East Asia Summit and ASEAN; and salient issue areas such as regional security, politics and diplomacy, and the economy. How far has the Trump administration progressed in challenging or disrupting Obama’s Pivot to Asia? What differences can we discern in the declared or effective US strategy towards Asia and to what extent has it radically shifted or displaced Obama-era legacies? Including contributions from high-profile scholars and policy practitioners such as Michael Mastanduno, Bruce Cumings, Maryanne Kelton, Robert Sutter and Sumit Ganguly, contributors examine these questions at the halfway point of the 2017–21 Presidency of Donald Trump, as his administration opens a new and potentially divergent chapter of American internationalism.An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.
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This edited volume examines the legacies former US President Barack Obama leaves across Asia and the Pacific, as well as the endurance of, and prospects for, those legacies two years into the Presidency of Donald Trump.
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Introduction: The United States in the Asia and Indo-Pacifics – Inderjeet ParmarPart I: Obama’s legacy in Asia and the Pacific 1 US imperial hegemony in the American Pacific – Oliver Turner 2 Humanitarian hawk meets rising dragon: Obama’s legacy in US China Policy – Peter Gries3 The Obama administration and India – Christopher K. Colley and Sumit Ganguly4 Obama and Japan: An endangered legacy – Matteo Dian5 Obama, Trump, and North Korea – Bruce Cumings6 US and Australia: Deepening ties and securitising cyberspace – Maryanne Kelton and Zac Rogers 7 Obama’s legacy in US-ASEAN relations: Promises and perils – Prashanth Parameswaran 8 The Obama administration and the East Asia Summit: Exception, not transformation – Malcolm CookPart II: The US in Asia and the Pacific under Trump9 Obama, Trump and US politics and diplomacy towards Asia – Robert G. Sutter10 Security policy in Asia from Obama to Trump: Autopilot, neglect or worse? – Nick Bisley11 A grand strategic transition? Obama, Trump, and the Asia Pacific political economy – Mike MastandunoPart III: From Obama to Trump in Asia and the Pacific: The practitioners’ view 12 From Obama to Trump, and beyond: Washington’s painful search for a credible China policy – Borje Ljunggren13 Multilateralism to transactionalism: America and Trump in the Asia Pacific – Ketan Patel and Christian Hansmeyer14 Obama and Trump’s marine machoism in the Indo-Pacific – Atul BhardwajConclusion: Legacies and Transitions in the twenty first century Indo-Pacific – Oliver Turner and Inderjeet ParmarIndex
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This edited collection examines the political, economic and security legacies of former US President Barack Obama in Asia and the Pacific, following two terms in office between 2009 and 2017. In a region that has only become more vivid in the American political imagination since Obama left office, this volume interrogates the endurance of Obama’s legacies in what is increasingly reimagined in Washington as the Indo-Pacific. Advancing our understanding of Obama’s style, influence and impact throughout the region, this volume explores dimensions of US relations and interactions with key Indo-Pacific states including China, India, Japan, North Korea and Australia; multilateral institutions and organisations such the East Asia Summit and ASEAN; and salient issue areas such as regional security, politics and diplomacy, and the economy. How far has the Trump administration progressed in challenging or disrupting Obama’s Pivot to Asia? What differences can we discern in the declared or effective US strategy towards Asia and to what extent has it radically shifted or displaced Obama-era legacies? Including contributions from high-profile scholars and policy practitioners such as Michael Mastanduno, Bruce Cumings, Maryanne Kelton, Robert Sutter and Sumit Ganguly, contributors examine these questions at the halfway point of the 2017–21 Presidency of Donald Trump, as his administration opens a new and potentially divergent chapter of American internationalism.
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ISBN
9781526135018
Publisert
2020-02-27
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Vendor
Manchester University Press
Vekt
558 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
16 mm
AldersnivĂĽ
U, P, 05, 06
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Engelsk
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Biographical note

Oliver Turner is a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Edinburgh

Inderjeet Parmar is Professor of International Politics at City, University of London