Olga Barbasiewicz, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Institute of Middle and Far East of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. She holds an MA and a PhD in political science as well as an MA in Japanese studies. In her current research, she focuses on memory politics, Japanese–Korean relations and migration studies in wartime East Asia (Japan, Shanghai).Marcin Grabowski, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and the director of the Centre for International Studies and Development at the JU. His research interests focus on the Asia–Pacific Rim, especially institutional arrangements in the region, American and Chinese foreign policy, theories of IR, and International Economics.Ewa Trojnar is an associate professor at the Institute of Middle and Far East of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and the head of the Chair of Japan and the Taiwan Studies Centre. She obtained her PhD and habilitation in political science, and an MA in economics in the field of European studies. She is a researcher and teacher of political science as well as of international relations in the Asia–Pacific region.

• Introduction Olga Barbasiewicz, Marcin Grabowski, Ewa Trojnar1 Changing Security Dynamics in the Indo–Pacific Jakub Przetacznik2 Asia–Pacific Security: Australia’s Perspective Attila Endre Simay3 Foreign Trade as Economic (Inter)dependence in Asia East Asian ProblemsPaweł Behrendt4 The Significance of Sea Lanes of Communication for RegionalSecurity in East Asia Andras Bartok5 Amongst Dragons and Bears: Japan’s Defense Policy during Heisei EraAdam Stempler6 The South China Sea Dispute between China and the Philippines Krzysztof Kozłowski7 Post-Cold War North Korea – People’s Republic of China Relationsfrom a Game Theory Perspective Zsolt Horvath8 The Changing Picture of China: Can China’s Investment in SoftPower Change the World’s Perception about the Asian Giant? South Asian SecurityAntonina Łuszczykiewicz9 The China-India Border Conflict: Prospects for War and Peace inthe 21st Century Adrian Brona10 Development of the Belt and Road Initiative: Security Challengesin South Asia Ramachandra Byrappa11 The Melting of South Asia’s Frontier Zone and Its Consequences Dora Gunsberger12 CPEC through the Lenses of Security: Internal and ExternalChallenges Notes on Contributors Index