Routledge Handbook of Great Power Competition

Brian C. H. Fong is Full Professor in the College of Social Sciences at the National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan.Ja Ian Chong is Associate Professor in Department of Political Science at the National University of Singapore.

“Leading international relations scholars Brian Fong and Ja Ian Chong have edited a scholarly tour de force surveying one of the most important, enduring academic and policy issues. They and their well-chosen contributors elucidate today’s latest resurgence of great power competition around the world and in frontier domains. Read now, keep ready for reference!”Andrew S. Erickson, China Maritime Studies Institute, U.S. Naval War College, USA"This thoughtfully compiled edited volume offers a thorough and eclectic analysis of the theory and praxis of US-China great power competition. The volume offers a thought-provoking overview of one of the central issues of international politics, and will be of use to scholars and practitioners alike."Courtney J. Fung, Macquarie University, Australia“An essential compendium of the diverse ways great power competition can unfold and how can we make sense of its various dimensions. This contribution could not be more timely.”T. H. Hall, Director, University of Oxford China Centre, University of Oxford, UK“Once seen as a field in decline, the study of Great Power Competition is back on the agenda of IR and security studies. This well-crafted Handbook re-appraises, updates, and advances the thinking on the subject in two ways. One, it offers a clear conceptual framework to study Great Power competition that accounts for the various actors, mechanisms, and domains where a new era of post-Cold War struggles for Great Power influence have been unfolding. Two, it offers an avowedly global account of the resurgence of this competition through a set of well-researched and intriguing cases. Written in a clear and effective style, the Handbook will be a helpful starting point for students and a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners.” Deepak Nair, Australian National University, Australia

• ContentsList of tables and figuresList of contributorsIntroduction1. Great Power Competition: An Analytical FrameworkBrian C. H. FongPart I: Theories, Actors, and Mechanisms2. Mainstream TheoriesYuan-kang Wang3. Critical TheoriesAnnette Freyberg-Inan4. ActorsChong Ja Ian 5. Military Influence MechanismsMichael Roi and Peter Lyon6. Economic Influence MechanismsHo-fung Hung7. Ideational Influence MechanismsVille SinkkonenPart II: Territorial Domains8. East Asia Yves-Heng Lim9. Southeast AsiaKei Koga10. South AsiaBM Jain11. Central AsiaFabienne Bossuyt12. OceaniaDenghua Zhang13. Middle East and North AfricaImad Mansour14. Sub-Saharan AfricaChing-Ting Chen and Syuan-Siang Wang 15. Central and Eastern EuropeElias Götz16. Latin America and CaribbeanDennis Canterbury17. ArcticMarc Lanteigne18. AntarcticaKlaus Dodds19. High SeasGeoffrey F. GreshPart III: Borderless Domains20. Global Supply ChainsPhilip Rogers21. CyberspaceFrancis C. Domingo22. Outer SpaceJohn Hickman23. International InstitutionsAnna HayesConclusion24. The Future of Great Power CompetitionThomas F. Lynch IIIIndex