David Shambaugh is the Gaston Sigur Professor of Asian Studies, Political Science, and International Affairs and Director of the China Policy Program in the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University.

Shambaugh revised and updated his popular edited collection on Asian international relations, which has served as an excellent student reference for many years. His masterful opus offers a nuanced approach to understanding the regional competition that forces many of Asia’s neighboring nations—China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and even Pakistan—to find ways to coexist peacefully. He identifies five particular variables, whose consequences most merit attention: China’s increasingly assertive “wolf warrior” diplomacy; the US-China power rivalry; the emergence of regional multilateralism; a dangerously nuclear Korean peninsula; and, most worrisome, Taiwan—a ticking time bomb…. Shambaugh wisely suggests changing the approach to Asian international relations from a country-by-country area studies strategy to a holistic analysis of the Indo-Pacific as a whole. Essential. Undergraduates through faculty; professionals; general readers.

• Map of Asia List of Figures and Tables List of Acronyms Preface to the Third Edition Part I: Introduction1 International Relations in Asia: Grappling with ComplexitiesDavid ShambaughPart II: Legacies and Theories2 The Evolving Asian System: Three TransformationsSamuel S. Kim3 Thinking Theoretically About Asian IRAmitav AcharyaPart III: The Roles of Regional Powers4 America’s Role in Asia: Challenged LeadershipRobert Sutter5 China’s Role in Asia: Attractive or Aggressive? Phillip C. Saunders6 Japan’s Role in Asia: From Free Rider to Thought Leader Michael J. Green7 India’s Role in Asia: A Regional Power with Global AmbitionsT. V. PaulPart IV: Subregional Actors8 Southeast Asian States and ASEAN: A Center of Courtships and Cooperation Cheng-Chwee Kuik9 South Korea: An Ambivalent Middle PowerScott Snyder10 North Korea: Continuity without Change Victor Cha and Ellen Kim11 Taiwan: Foreign Relations without Formal Recognition Shelley Rigger12 Australasia: Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands Robert Ayson and Rory MedcalfPart V: Transregional Linkages and Dynamics13 The Asian Regional Economy Edward J. Lincoln14 The Asian Regional Security EnvironmentBates Gill15 Ethnicity, Religion, Gender, and Human Rights in Asian IR Rollie LalPart VI: Looking to the Future16 Asian IR in the 2020s: Factors for the Future David ShambaughIndex 441About the Editor and Contributors

David Shambaugh is the Gaston Sigur Professor of Asian Studies, Political Science, and International Affairs and Director of the China Policy Program in the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University.

Shambaugh revised and updated his popular edited collection on Asian international relations, which has served as an excellent student reference for many years. His masterful opus offers a nuanced approach to understanding the regional competition that forces many of Asia’s neighboring nations—China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and even Pakistan—to find ways to coexist peacefully. He identifies five particular variables, whose consequences most merit attention: China’s increasingly assertive “wolf warrior” diplomacy; the US-China power rivalry; the emergence of regional multilateralism; a dangerously nuclear Korean peninsula; and, most worrisome, Taiwan—a ticking time bomb…. Shambaugh wisely suggests changing the approach to Asian international relations from a country-by-country area studies strategy to a holistic analysis of the Indo-Pacific as a whole. Essential. Undergraduates through faculty; professionals; general readers.

• Map of Asia List of Figures and Tables List of Acronyms Preface to the Third Edition Part I: Introduction1 International Relations in Asia: Grappling with ComplexitiesDavid ShambaughPart II: Legacies and Theories2 The Evolving Asian System: Three TransformationsSamuel S. Kim3 Thinking Theoretically About Asian IRAmitav AcharyaPart III: The Roles of Regional Powers4 America’s Role in Asia: Challenged LeadershipRobert Sutter5 China’s Role in Asia: Attractive or Aggressive? Phillip C. Saunders6 Japan’s Role in Asia: From Free Rider to Thought Leader Michael J. Green7 India’s Role in Asia: A Regional Power with Global AmbitionsT. V. PaulPart IV: Subregional Actors8 Southeast Asian States and ASEAN: A Center of Courtships and Cooperation Cheng-Chwee Kuik9 South Korea: An Ambivalent Middle PowerScott Snyder10 North Korea: Continuity without Change Victor Cha and Ellen Kim11 Taiwan: Foreign Relations without Formal Recognition Shelley Rigger12 Australasia: Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands Robert Ayson and Rory MedcalfPart V: Transregional Linkages and Dynamics13 The Asian Regional Economy Edward J. Lincoln14 The Asian Regional Security EnvironmentBates Gill15 Ethnicity, Religion, Gender, and Human Rights in Asian IR Rollie LalPart VI: Looking to the Future16 Asian IR in the 2020s: Factors for the Future David ShambaughIndex 441About the Editor and Contributors