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"The rise of China is changing the strategic landscape globally and regionally. How states respond to potential threats posed by this new power arrangement will be crucial to international relations for the coming decades. This book builds on existing realist and rationalist concepts of balancing, bandwagoning, commitment problems, and asymmetric information to craft explanations about how states respond when faced with potential threats. Specifically, the book explores the role different types of uncertainty play in potential balancing situations. Particular focus is paid to the nature of the rising state's actions, the balance of forces, and the value of delay"

"Maritime power has been a key defining parameter of economic vitality and geostrategic power of nations. The first decade of the twenty-first century has witnessed the rise of China and India as confident economic powers pivoting on high growth rates, exponential expansion of science, technology and industrial growth."

"Twenty-one years ago ,the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies inaugrated a topical, forward-lookingannual publication intended to benefit businesspeople, diplomats, security specialists, professionals, journalists ,and others with a stake in understanding regional developments.That publication has long since earned the admiration and trust of readers both in the region and outside Southeast Asia. They have come to rely on its well-informedand timely analysis of the near-termdevelopments and trends likely to have the greatest impact on their work. The latest edition of Regional Outlook: Southeast Asia builds on this strong tradition. Its contents underscore ISEAS ’commitment to offering stakeholders in regional affairs access to the ..."

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"More specific objectives of this book are to: (1) discuss the developments of macroeconomic and trade policy mix against the backdrop of the eurozone sovereign debt crisis and economic prospects, (2) assess the effectiveness of policy responses to the global economic unrest, (3) identify opportunities and challenges facing Southeast Asia in the midst of the global economic slump, (4) rethink the East Asian model of growth where enormous gains were driven principally by export demands from advances economies, and (5) pioneer the key areas of regional cooperation and macroeconomic and trade policy reforms that may potentially strengthen regional economies."