The Role of Threat Perceptions in International Relations

Analysing China's Rise in the Indo-Pacific
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-95841-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Indo-Pacific in Context

With China’s rise in the Indo-Pacific, this book systematically analyses and explores the complex reality of questions regarding threat perception - why and when do states perceive or don’t perceive China as a threat, what influences or drives these perceptions? How have their perceptions evolved and changed over time? To provide deeper insight, it moves beyond traditional Realist explanations of the “China threat”. Additionally, by engaging in a diverse theoretical discussion, it studies the various perspectives of key Indo-Pacific players: India, Japan, China, US, Australia, ASEAN, and South Korea.

Mapping the formation and changing perceptions of threat regarding China’s rise, this book would be essential reading for scholars, students and researchers of International Relations studying the Indo-Pacific region, threat perception, global politics, geopolitics, foreign policy, Chinese studies, middle powers, and strategic studies. It will also be useful handy reference for foreign policy experts, government bureaucrats and think tanks.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mai Chotani, Vindu

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Geopolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Images behind the “China Threat” by the U.S.: The Underlying Effect of Images in Threat Perceptions and Strategic Verbal Expressions 3. Avoiding the Resonance of Internal and External Threats: China’s Fortification of the Border in Tibet 4. Perceptions and Misperceptions: India's Maritime Threat Assessment of China in the Indian Ocean Region 5. The End of Western Superiority: Japan’s Threat Perceptions during and after the Cold War 6. Japan’s and India’s Threat Perceptions of China in the Indo-Pacific: A Discourse Analysis on the Formation of a Collective Identity 7. Strategic Narratives of the Moon and Yoon Administrations: What Shapes South Korea’s Approach to China 8. Strategic Culture and Threat Perception: ASEAN’s Response to Great Power Rivalry in Indo-Pacific 9. Unpacking Australia’s ‘China Threat’ Discourse: A Constructivist Approach 10. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Vindu Mai Chotani is Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan. Her research examines Japan’s and India’s foreign policies, international relations and the evolving security architecture in the Indo-Pacific region, and the security dynamics of the US bases in Okinawa. Professor Chotani previously completed her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Public Policy, Tokyo University, and her MSc in international relations from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom.