In Search of Super Asia
Year: 2022
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: The focus of this chapter is on how regional spaces change over time and how the evolution of regional space affects our understanding of both international politics of that space and as well the comparative regional research agenda. The question of changing regional space is explored through an examination of the possible rise of a “Super Asia”Super Asia region. The analysis of this regional space is accomplished through a brief review of foreign policy history of the place over the last two centuries, and, using available data from 1950 through 2020, is illustrated using network analysis to identify politically relevant subgroups in the region. Consistent with Chap. 2 , it draws into the analysis global and regional shifts in hierarchy, as important factors driving the cohesion of states in the Super Asian space. The chapter concludes that a Super AsiaSuper Asia may be emerging once more, depending on the ongoing relationships between key regional powersRegionpower (especially ChinaChina, JapanJapan, IndiaIndia, and AustraliaAustralia) and also depending on the relative porousness of the region to external power interference (especially the U.S.), interference which had previously served to create greater fragmentation especially during the 1960s and 1970s.
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4292172127