Asian Politics

Akami's study of the Institute of Pacific Relations offers insight into the formation of the dominant ideologies and institutions of regional and international politics in the Pacific during the inter-war years...

This book further develops the existing migration-security nexus and focuses on the in-depth multi-dimensional dynamics between irregular migration and human security in East Asia. It includes in-depth empirical country case-studies from the East Asian region, including China, Japan, North Korea, th..

This book further develops the existing migration-security nexus and focuses on the in-depth multi-dimensional dynamics between irregular migration and human security in East Asia. It includes in-depth empirical country case-studies from the East Asian region, including China, Japan, North Korea, th..

The years 1978 and 1979 were dramatic throughout south and western Asia. In Iran, the Pahlavi dynasty was toppled by an Islamic revolution. In Pakistan, Zulfigar Ali Bhutto was hanged by the military regime that toppled him and which then proceeded to implement an Islamization programme. Between the..

This companion volume to the highly successful Islam in Malaysian Foreign Policy explores the extent to which foreign policy in the world's largest Muslim nation has been influenced by Islamic considerations...

Divided into two clear parts, the first part of this book examines political and economic factors in the global strategic environment, whilst the second part focuses on Israel’s main security challenges and national grand strategy...

This book explores the turnaround in Japanese strategy and trade policy from a single-track approach to greater engagement in pursuing bilateral Free-Trade Agreements...

The first study to investigate, in depth, Japan's reaction to the recent diplomatic, military and economic security crisis generated by North Korea...

This volume draws together material from The Japan Chronicle, The Japan Gazette and the China Treaty Port foreign papers, all of which are of great historical value. These original articles were often written by leading politicians and statesmen – Count Mutsu, Count Hayashi, Tang-shao-Yi, Wu-ting-Fa..

Covering not only the key regional players of China and the Koreas, this textbook encompasses chapters on Japan’s relations with India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand, along with its multilateral engagement and initiatives. Written by leading experts this book will appeal ..

Covering not only the key regional players of China and the Koreas, this textbook encompasses chapters on Japan’s relations with India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand, along with its multilateral engagement and initiatives. Written by leading experts this book will appeal ..

After more than six years of active fighting in the Far East and over two years of open war between Japan and the Anglo-Saxon powers, Japanese political warfare was still a factor largely unknown in the Western world. Overshadowed by the much nearer and more closely felt exertions of the Nazi propag..