This book offers expert analysis of Asia's transformation to multipolarity. Examines major power strategies, regional architectures, Indo-Pacific security, and territorial disputes. Contributions from leading scholars, diplomats, and practitioners across the region.
This book examines the transformation of Asian regional order through expert analysis of major power dynamics and institutional frameworks. Contributors assess US, Chinese, Indian, and Russian strategic visions while analyzing evolving architectures including RCEP, BRICS, SCO, and Quad and also includes:
- Comprehensive analysis of Asia's transition from unipolarity to multipolarity by leading regional experts
- Examination of major powers' strategic visions including US, China, India, Russia, and regional actors
- In-depth coverage of evolving regional architectures including RCEP, SCO, BRICS, and Quad framework
- Analysis of Indo-Pacific security dynamics and maritime order transformation
- Expert perspectives on territorial disputes, border questions, and conflict management mechanisms
This title has been co-published with Knowledge World Publishers. T&F does not sell or distribute the print versions in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri lanka.
Introduction
Sujan R. Chinoy
Part I - Debating a Multipolar Asia
1. The Geo-economics of Multipolarity
Sanjaya Baru
2. India and the Multipolar World: Need for a New Narrative
Arvind Gupta
3. Beijings Vision of the Asian Order: Promoting a Community of Shared
Future
Jingdong Yuan
4. The United States Indo-Pacific Policies Debate
Satu Limaye
5. The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU): Eurasian Order and RussiaChina
Relations
Sergey Lukonin
6. Australia, the Indo-Pacific Idea and a Multipolar Order
Peter Drysdale
Part II - Reframing the Regional Architecture
7. Free-Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) and Chinas Approach to
Regionalism
Zhang Zhenjiang
8. Why AIIB, Not BRI? Indias Fine Balance on China
Jagannath P. Panda
9. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the Future of Regional
Integration in Central Asia
Mirzokhid Rakhimov
10. RCEP and Indo-Pacific Economic Integration
Tomoo Kikuchi and Kensuke Yanagida
11. Indonesias Rise: With or Without BRICS
Endy Bayuni
12. Chinas BRICS Vision and the Asian Order
Hu Xiaowen
13. The Russian Vision of BRICS in the Context of a Multipolar Order in Asia
Elena Boykova
Part III - The Evolving Indo-Pacific Order
14. Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific: An American Perception
J. Mohan Malik
15. United Kingdoms Foreign Policy and Indo-Pacific Security
John Hemmings
16. Achieving a Free and Open Indo-Pacific through the Quad Framework: A
Japanese Perspective
Hideshi Tokuchi
17. India and the Idea of Indo-Pacific: A Hesitant Embrace?
Abhay Kumar Singh
18. The Indo-Pacific: Chinas Perception
Zeng Xiangyu
19. Russias Vision of an Asian Security Order
Georgy Toloraya and Valeriia Gorbacheva
20. Sri Lanka and the Maritime Security Order in the Indian Ocean
Jayanath Colombage
Part IV - Managing Contests and Security Concerns in Asia
21. Philippines and Maritime Security Order in Southeast Asia
Renato Cruz De Castro
22. The US, China and the Asian Security Order by 2025: A Taiwanese
Perspective
Arthur Shuhfan Ding
23. Denuclearisation on Alert: Reshaping Security Order on the Korean
Peninsula
Ji Yeon-jung
24. From Alliance to Networks: Managing Indias Security Challenges in the
Indian Ocean Region
Swaran Singh
25. India and the TerrorismMilitary Nexus in South Asia
Manoj Joshi
Part V - Differences and Disputes in Asia
26. The Future of IndiaPakistan Ties
Ashok Behuria
27. IndiaChina Border Question: The Way Ahead
Zhang Jiadong and Wei Han
28. IndiaChina Boundary Question: An Indian Perspective
S. L. Narasimhan
29. Building an ASEAN-led Rules-based Order in the Indo-Pacific
Ha Anh Tuan
Part VI - Energy, Geopolitics and Maritime Dimensions
30. Bangladesh and the Geo-politics of the Bay of Bengal
Shamsher M. Chowdhury
31. Energy Security and Development: Indias Balance between Priorities,
Challenges and Opportunities
Shebonti Ray Dadwal
32. Oil, Ports and Hard Power: Shifting Balance of Power in the Gulf and Horn
of Africa
Brendon J. Cannon
33. Global Commerce and the Sea Lines of Communication in the Indian Ocean: A
Sri Lankan Perspective
Rohan Masakorala
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".
