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Book SynopsisPart I. Southeast Asia and East Asia in Asian Powerplay.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Momentum of Taiwan-India Relations in the Era of US-China Competition.- 3. Reverting to Minimal Engagement: Yoon's Scaling Back of the Ultra-Hawkish North Korea Strategy.- 4. North Korea's Foreign Policy in Its Regional Setting: Irrational, Dynastic, or Realist?.- Part II. China, and Taiwan in the Asian Powerplay.- 5. Trilateral Defence Arrangements: Manila Steps Up in Regional Security with Tokyo and Washington.- 6. Digital Defence and ASEAN Political-Security Community.- 7. ASEAN in the Maelstrom: Maintaining Centrality amid Uncertainties.- 8. Navigating Geopolitics: Europe's Evolving Connections with South and Southeast Asia.- 9. Political Economy of Myanmar - Russia Friendship before and after the Military Coup in 2021.- Part III. USA, Europe, and Russia in the Asian Powerplay.- 10. China's domestic discourse on status building in the Arctic.- 11. Better Late Than Never: China's Development of a Formalized Sanctions Regime.- 12. Navigating Cross-Strait Tensions under President Lai Ching-te in Taiwan.- 13. Global Climate Change: Dynamics of India-China Cooperation, Competition and Road Ahead.- 14. Sino-Russian Friendship in the Indo-Pacific.- Part IV. Emerging Issues in Asian Powerplay.- 15. Asian Multipolarity as a Hedging Strategy Against the Trap of the United States' Unipolar Grand Chessboard.- 16. Techno-Nationalism and Techno-Globalism in Asia: Geopolitical Dynamics and Intellectual Property Implications of Semiconductor Innovations.- 17. Not just a Highwayman : A Treatise on Global Information Networks and the Asian Claim'.- 18. The Indo-Pacific Grand Strategy and Minilateralism: AUKUS, QAUD and Beyond.
