TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kliem,Frederick
TI  - Great power competition and order building in the Indo-Pacific: towards a new Indo-Pacific equilibrium 
T2  - Routledge Indo Pacific Security Series
SN  - 9780429331541
U1  - 320.1/2 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Geopolitics
KW  - Balance of power
KW  - World politics
KW  - 1989-
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Indo-Pacific Region
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - United States
KW  - China
KW  - Strategic aspects
N1  - Introduction -- Part 1: Thinking the Indo-Pacific Equilibrium Conceptually. Assessing Risks, Shaping Strategy -- Part 2: U.S.-China Relations and the Indo-Pacific: From Honeymoon to Rivalry. The Indo-Pacific: In Search of a Definition -- Sino-American Relations at the End of History -- New Age Great Power Rivalry -- Contested Spaces in the Indo-Pacific -- How Assertive is China's New Assertiveness? -- Part 3: Operationalising a New Indo-Pacific Equilibrium. Constraining China: The Role of Balancing Coalitions -- Engaging the Region: The Role of The Significant Others -- Conclusion
N2  - "This book argues that the new great power contest between the United States and the People's Republic of China, which has as its epicentre the complex Indo-Pacific region, is having a detrimental impact on the region's existing order system. Analysing why the great powers are increasingly at loggerheads, the manifold risks this entails, and how the various stakeholders in the Indo-Pacific can find a durable regional order more constructive than confrontational, the book, avoiding theory, proposes a new equilibrium based on practical ways to manage burgeoning conflict and maintain order and stability by compartmentalising problems and challenges while seeking to maintain a balance among stakeholder interests"--
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429331541
ER  -