Asia between Multipolarism and Multipolarity

Sujan R. Chinoy is Director General of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. A career diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service (1981-2018), he served as India's Ambassador to Japan and Mexico. His expertise encompasses China, Japan, the Indo-Pacific, and politico-security dimensions of India's foreign policy.Jagannath P. Panda is Research Fellow and Centre Coordinator for East Asia at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. He serves as Series Editor for "Routledge Studies on Think Asia".

• IntroductionSujan R. ChinoyPart I - Debating a Multipolar Asia1. The Geo-economics of MultipolaritySanjaya Baru2. India and the Multipolar World: Need for a New NarrativeArvind Gupta3. Beijing’s Vision of the Asian Order: Promoting a Community of Shared FutureJingdong Yuan4. The United States’ Indo-Pacific Policies DebateSatu Limaye5. The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU): Eurasian Order and Russia–China RelationsSergey Lukonin6. Australia, the Indo-Pacific Idea and a Multipolar OrderPeter DrysdalePart II - Reframing the Regional Architecture7. Free-Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) and China’s Approach to RegionalismZhang Zhenjiang8. Why AIIB, Not BRI? India’s Fine Balance on ChinaJagannath P. Panda9. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the Future of Regional Integration in Central AsiaMirzokhid Rakhimov10. RCEP and Indo-Pacific Economic IntegrationTomoo Kikuchi and Kensuke Yanagida11. Indonesia’s Rise: With or Without BRICSEndy Bayuni12. China’s BRICS Vision and the Asian OrderHu Xiaowen13. The Russian Vision of BRICS in the Context of a Multipolar Order in AsiaElena BoykovaPart III - The Evolving Indo-Pacific Order14. Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific: An American PerceptionJ. Mohan Malik15. United Kingdom’s Foreign Policy and Indo-Pacific SecurityJohn Hemmings16. Achieving a Free and Open Indo-Pacific through the Quad Framework: A Japanese PerspectiveHideshi Tokuchi17. India and the Idea of Indo-Pacific: A Hesitant Embrace?Abhay Kumar Singh18. The Indo-Pacific: China’s PerceptionZeng Xiangyu19. Russia’s Vision of an Asian Security OrderGeorgy Toloraya and Valeriia Gorbacheva20. Sri Lanka and the Maritime Security Order in the Indian OceanJayanath ColombagePart IV - Managing Contests and Security Concerns in Asia21. Philippines and Maritime Security Order in Southeast AsiaRenato Cruz De Castro22. The US, China and the Asian Security Order by 2025: A Taiwanese PerspectiveArthur Shuhfan Ding23. Denuclearisation on Alert: Reshaping Security Order on the Korean PeninsulaJi Yeon-jung24. From Alliance to Networks: Managing India’s Security Challenges in the Indian Ocean RegionSwaran Singh25. India and the Terrorism–Military Nexus in South AsiaManoj JoshiPart V - Differences and Disputes in Asia26. The Future of India–Pakistan TiesAshok Behuria27. India–China Border Question: The Way AheadZhang Jiadong and Wei Han28. India–China Boundary Question: An Indian PerspectiveS. L. Narasimhan29. Building an ASEAN-led Rules-based Order in the Indo-PacificHa Anh TuanPart VI - Energy, Geopolitics and Maritime Dimensions30. Bangladesh and the Geo-politics of the Bay of BengalShamsher M. Chowdhury31. Energy Security and Development: India’s Balance between Priorities, Challenges and OpportunitiesShebonti Ray Dadwal32. Oil, Ports and Hard Power: Shifting Balance of Power in the Gulf and Horn of AfricaBrendon J. Cannon33. Global Commerce and the Sea Lines of Communication in the Indian Ocean: A Sri Lankan PerspectiveRohan Masakorala