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State Smart Power Strategies
“The concept of ‘smart powerSmart power’—the intelligent integration and networking of diplomacy, defense, development, and other tools of so-called...
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Nature of the Great Power Competition
This chapter, Nature of the Great Power Competition, will conceptualize the term “great power competition” by examining the development of the great...
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Assessing the China Threat: Perspectives of University Students in Jakarta on the South China Sea Dispute and the Belt and Road Initiative
Discussions on the ‘China threat theory’ in Southeast Asia have been reignited by China’s assertive manoeuvres in the South China Sea and its...
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Three Questions on Nuclear Power
We often come across the argument that one should not give up eating for the fear of choking. Obviously, we should not reject nuclear power just...
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A ‘Middle Power’ in Strategic Dependence
This chapter analyzes the contemporary geopolitical trajectory of Canada during the twenty-first century, during the Harper (2006–2015) and Trudeau...
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Socio-economic Warfare with the “Collective West” Starts in the Black Sea
This chapter focuses on the socio-economic dimension of the hegemonic process taking place between the Russian Federation and the US. In analyzing...
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Iran: The Resurgent(?) Landlocked Power
Iran is a major junction in the Islamic world, straddling South and Central Asia, the Middle East, and the South Caucasus. This chapter evaluates...
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Multilateralism and Soft Power Made-in-China: (re)Adjusting Role Conception to Meet International Expectations
This article addresses the specificities of the new multilateralism made-in-China under **. We argue that China has been investing in a...
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Curbing the Migrant Crisis in the Mediterranean Sea
The chapter discusses and proposes ways to curb the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean Sea which has been pronounced by rising number of migrants...
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Power and Interdependence
The second of the distinctions around which this book is organized is that between power and interdependence. Because of changes in technology,...
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Narrating the South Pacific in and Beyond Great Power Politics
Once considered a bunch of “small islands in a far sea” by outside powers, the South Pacific now looms increasingly large on the global geopolitical...
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Four Phases of South China Sea Disputes 1990–2020
This chapter chronologically explores the strategic trend of the SCS situation from 1990 to 2020 over four phases: 1990–2002, 2003–2012, 2013–2016,...
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China’s Soft Power Strategy
This chapter seeks to find out whether and how scholars and policymakerspolicymakers distinguishdistinguish the concept of China’sChina soft...
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India’s Soft Power Strategy
This chapter seeks to find out whether and how scholars and policymakers distinguish the concept of India’s soft power and how India’s soft power has...
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Defence industrial power: understanding the UK’s post-Brexit role
The British government has argued that the UK’s first-class, knowledge-driven economy supports the country’s claim to be a global power. However, in...
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China’s Soft Power Strategy in Iran
This chapter seeks to find out whether and how scholars and policymakerspolicymakers distinguishdistinguish the concept of China’sChina soft...
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India’s Soft Power Strategy in Iran
This chapter seeks to find out whether and how scholars and policymakers distinguish the concept of India’s soft power and how India’s soft power has...
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Freedom of Navigation in the Suez Canal and the Channels: Law of the Sea
The chapter examines the status of international canals and straits connecting Two Parts of the High Seas under the Law of the Sea. Strait is a...
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Riding the Waves of Democratization: The Interminable Sea Sickness of Romania’s Media
This chapter demonstrates that while some positive changes in the Romanian media system have occurred since 2015, the lofty goals of reaching...
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Political Apathy, Soft Authoritarianism, and Singapore’s Perspectives on the South China Sea
This chapter examines Singapore’s perspectives on the South China Sea as a non-claimant country. It focuses on why Singapore has not changed its...