dc.contributor.author | He, Kai | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-07T03:36:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-07T03:36:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1096-6838 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s12140-018-9286-5 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/384438 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the three faces of the Indo-Pacific from an IR theory perspective. It suggests that the realist face of the Indo-Pacific is a “balancing strategy” against China. The liberal face of the Indo-Pacific aims to form a new “institutional setting” that facilitates cooperation among states across the Pacific and the Indian Oceans. According to constructivism, the Indo-Pacific offers an “ideational construct” for promoting value-oriented and norm-based diplomacy in the region. This paper argues that these three faces of the Indo-Pacific concept are theoretically problematic and practically flawed. There are two ways of institutionalizing the Indo-Pacific, though. One is exclusive institutionalization with China as an outside target, which follows the realist logic of making China a common threat in the region. The success of this approach mainly depends on how China behaves in the future. The other is the inclusive approach of institutionalizing the Indo-Pacific by embracing China and other states into a new Indo-Pacific institution. It will not be easy, but the endeavor of the inclusive institutionalization of the Indo-Pacific will produce positive externalities of peace and stability to the region. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Korea Foundation | |
dc.description.sponsorship | The JD & CT MacArthur Foundation | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Springer Nature | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 149 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 161 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 2 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | East Asia | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 35 | |
dc.relation.uri | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/FT160100355 | |
dc.relation.grantID | FT160100355 | |
dc.relation.funders | ARC | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Political science | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4408 | |
dc.title | Three Faces of the Indo-Pacific: Understanding the “Indo-Pacific” from an IR Theory Perspective | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
dc.description.version | Accepted Manuscript (AM) | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2018 American Aging Association. This is an electronic version of an article published in East Asia, 35, pages149–161. East Asia is available online at: http://link.springer.com/ with the open URL of your article. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | He, Kai | |