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The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China, and the New Struggle for Global Mastery

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Explores the implications of Trump's policies for Asia

  • Contrasts Chinese diplomacy styles with American ones

  • Forecasts the likely scenarios that American allies in Asia will face

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. The New Cartography of Power

    • Richard Javad Heydarian
    Pages 1-25
  3. The Trump Doctrine: The Art of Creative Disruption

    • Richard Javad Heydarian
    Pages 27-45
  4. The Great Distraction: The Near East and North Korea

    • Richard Javad Heydarian
    Pages 47-91
  5. Xi Must Be Obeyed: The New Peking Order

    • Richard Javad Heydarian
    Pages 93-117
  6. The New Cold War: Sleep-Walking into Great Power Conflict

    • Richard Javad Heydarian
    Pages 149-199

About this book

This book places the presidency of Donald Trump as well as the brewing Sino-American Cold War within the broader historical context of American hegemony in Asia, which traces its roots to Alfred Thayer Mahan’s call for a naval build up in the Pacific, the subsequent colonization of the Philippines and, ultimately, reaching its apotheosis after the defeat of Imperial Japan in the Second World War. The book, drawing on visits from Cairo to California and Perth to Pyongyang as well as interviews and exchanges with heads of state and senior officials from across the Indo-Pacific, provides an overview of the arc of American primacy in the region for scholars, journalists, and concerned citizens.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Visiting Research Fellow, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Richard Javad Heydarian

About the author

Richard Javad Heydarian is an Asia-based academic, having taught political science at Ateneo De Manila University and De La Salle University, Philippines. He is currently a fellow at the National Chengchi University, Taiwan. He is a regular contributor to Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He has written for/or interviewed by AljazeeraBBC,BloombergThe New York TimesForeign AffairsThe GuardianThe Washington PostThe Financial TimesWall Street JournalThe EconomistThe AtlanticSouth China Morning PostNikkei Asia ReviewStraits Times, among other leading publications. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China, and the New Struggle for Global Mastery

  • Authors: Richard Javad Heydarian

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9799-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-9798-1Published: 08 October 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-9799-8Published: 25 September 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 362

  • Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Asian Politics, Globalization, Emerging Markets/Globalization

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Softcover Book USD 32.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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