{"product_id":"asias-quest-for-balance-jeff-m-smith-9781538106334","title":"Asia's Quest for Balance: China's Rise and Balancing in the Indo-Pacific","description":"In recent years the narrative surrounding China's \"peaceful rise\" has given way to a more ominous story of friction, ambition, and great-power rivalry. As Chinese foreign policy has grown more nationalist and assertive, its intensifying competition with the U.S. has assumed center stage. The impact on China's neighbors, by contrast, and their evolving responses, have received comparatively less attention. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Realist theory of international relations suggests the rapid accumulation of power by one nation-state will prompt its neighbors and peers to adopt Balancing strategies. They will strive enhance their internal defense capabilities and forge new external security partnerships to hedge against this potential new threat. Have these predictions rung true? Are key Indo-Pacific capitals Balancing, and drawing closer to the U.S. as insurance against Chinese aggression? Or is China a new breed of rising power, challenging traditional theories of international relations in a newly-globalized, economically interdependent world? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Asia's Quest for Balance: China's Rise and Balancing in the Indo-Pacific leadingauthor-experts from Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam explore these questions and more, decoding China's complex and evolving relationships with its neighbors and exploring how their responses are altering the security landscape of the region. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributions by Jay L. Batongbacal, Elliot Brennan, Tetsuo Kotani, Evan A. Laksmana, Joseph Chinyong Liow, Hunter Marston, Rory Medcalf, Sylvia Mishra, C. Raja Mohan, Prashanth Parameswaran, Jeff M. Smith, Tran Truong Thuy, and Ha Anh Tuan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff M. Smith, Jay L. Batongbacal, Elliot Brennan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1538106337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538106334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Jeff M. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44124678455551,"sku":"9781538106334","price":94.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_75b5638a-3062-4405-b53d-36f307afa7c7.jpg?v=1687438199","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/asias-quest-for-balance-jeff-m-smith-9781538106334","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}