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dc.contributor.authorHe, Kai
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-07T03:36:56Z
dc.date.available2021-12-07T03:36:56Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn1096-6838
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12140-018-9286-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/384438
dc.description.abstractThis 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.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.sponsorshipKorea Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipThe JD & CT MacArthur Foundation
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom149
dc.relation.ispartofpageto161
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEast Asia
dc.relation.ispartofvolume35
dc.relation.urihttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/FT160100355
dc.relation.grantIDFT160100355
dc.relation.fundersARC
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.titleThree Faces of the Indo-Pacific: Understanding the “Indo-Pacific” from an IR Theory Perspective
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted 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.
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