US-China Rivalry : Great Power Competition in the Indo-Pacific

Fong, Brian C. H.

Edinburgh University Press（2026/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 344 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781399534178
• DDC分類 327.73051

Full Description

US-China Rivalry offers a holistic analysis of the unfolding of US-China competition in the Indo-Pacific, using a novel theory called neo-offensive realism. It synthesises quantitative and qualitative data to examine the intensification of US-China competition across the Indo-Pacific in recent years, with a focus on why the competition is intensifying under the interplay of system-level and unit-level forces; where the competition is unfolding across states and quasi-states in the region; how the competition is conducted through economic and military influence mechanisms; and whither the competition is developing in the future.

Contents

1. Introduction: Power Plays Across Two Oceans
2. Theoretical Framework: Towards Neo-Offensive Realism

Part I. Why to Compete

3. China and the US: A Tale of Two Hegemons
4. Japan, Australia, India, and South Korea: The Uneasy Partners

Part II. Where and How to Compete

5. Hong Kong: The Rise and Fall of a Geopolitical Buffer-Zone
6. Taiwan: The Contesting of a Contested State
7. Pacific Islands: Small States in Great Game
8. Southeast Asia: A Divided House Torn Between Great Powers
9. South Asia: A Periphery With Rising Prominence

Part III. Whither the Competition

10. The Four Futures of Indo-Pacific: Multiple Scenarios Analysis

Methodological Appendix
Notes