John D. Ciorciari is Associate Professor and Director of the International Policy Center and Weiser Diplomacy Center, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan.Kiyoteru Tsutsui is Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor and Senior Fellow in Japanese Studies at Stanford University, where he is also Director of the Japan Program, a Senior Fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and a Professor of Sociology.

The Courteous Power offers a new and engaging perspective of Japan's relation with Southeast Asia in particular, and how a great power exercises leadership in the international system in general. The book is very timely in light of the ongoing geostrategic competition in Southeast Asia between the U.S. on one side and China on the other. Each chapter is well-written and theoretically grounded. The entire volume provides a coherent and theoretically sound work on Japan's relations with Southeast Asia, and how it exercises power and leadership in the Indo-Pacific region.

• AcknowledgmentsAcronymsChapter 1. From the Fukuda Doctrine to the FOIP: The Evolution of Japanese Engagement in Southeast Asia By John D. Ciorciari and Kiyoteru TsutsuiPart I. Relations on the International Political PlaneChapter 2. Japan as the Key to Southeast Asian DiversificationBy John D. CiorciariChapter 3. Japan’s Defense and Security Cooperation in Southeast Asia: Developing Security Networks, Capacities, and InstitutionsBy Ken JimboChapter 4. Wedge Strategy, Japan-ASEAN Cooperation, and the Making of EAS: Implications for Indo-Pacific InstitutionalizationBy Kei KogaChapter 5. Japan’s Relations with ASEAN: Unity and Diversity in a Changing Regional EnvironmentBy Shaun NarineChapter 6. Not Quite a Follower: ASEAN’s response to Japan’s regional initiativesBy Kalvin FungPart II. Development, Culture, and the Roles of Non-State ActorsChapter 7. From Japan Inc. to the FOIP: the Evolving Role of Japanese Businesses in Japan’s Southeast Asia PolicyBy Kitti PrasirtsukChapter 8. The Japanese Business Community as a Diplomatic Asset and the 2014 Thai Coup d’ÉtatBy Nobuhiro AizawaChapter 9. Japan’s NGOs and Effective Development Cooperation in Mekong CountriesBy Siriporn WajjwalkuChapter 10. Japan-Southeast Asia Engagements on the Ground: Japanese Women in Southeast AsiaBy Leng Leng Thang and Mika ToyotaChapter 11. Revisiting “Cool Japan”: The Southeast Asian Gaze towards Japanese Manga and Anime By Karl Ian Uy Cheng ChuaChapter 12. Japan as a Courteous Power: Continuity and Change in the Indo-Pacific EraBy John D. Ciorciari and Kiyoteru TsutsuiAbout the Authors