Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Oliver Turner, Nicola Nymalm, Wali Aslam -- Section 1: History of the US in the Indo-Pacific -- The United States in the Indo-Pacific before World War II: Trends, Strategic Thinking, and Diplomatic Realities / Dong Wang -- World War Two and the Post-War 'New Order' in the Indo-Pacific / Sue Thompson -- US Grand Strategy in Asia / Georg Löfflmann -- Section 2: Theorising US policy and presence in the Indo-Pacific -- 'Asian' International Relations Theory: Theorizing Difference, Speaking Back from the Indo-Pacific, and Alternative Imaginaries of US Indo-Pacific Policy / Lena Tan -- The Racial Dimensions of US Foreign Relations in the Indo-Pacific / Zoltán Búzás -- Power and Hegemony in the Indo-Pacific: A Postcolonial View / Sheila Nair -- West Meets East: Constructivism and American Policy in the Indo-Pacific / Jarrod Hayes -- Poststructuralism and US Discourses of the Indo-Pacific / Benjamin Coulson -- Gender and US Foreign and Security Policy in the Indo-Pacific / Eric Blanchard -- Explaining the US presence in the Indo-Pacific: Marxist-Gramscian-Kautskyian approaches / Inderjeet Parmar and Bamo Nouri -- Realist Theories and US Foreign Policy in the Indo-Pacific / Michael Mastanduno -- The Liberal Paradigm and U.S. Policy in the Indo-Pacific / John Owen -- Section 3: The US and Indo-Pacific states and institutions -- US foreign policy towards China / Oliver Turner -- The US, Japan, and the Indo-Pacific / Sheila Smith -- The US and North Korea: The Nuclear Problem that Refuses to Go Away / Ramon Pardo -- Alliance asymmetries and the challenges of balancing security and democracy: US relations with the Republic of Korea / John Nilssen-Wright -- The United States and Taiwan: Foundations and challenges of the One China Policy / Jonathan Sullivan and Jessica Drun -- The Philippines in the United States' Indo-Pacific Grand Strategies: From Strategic Rebalancing to Strategic Competition / Renato Cruz De Castro -- Less is More: US Engagement with Indonesia (1945-2021) / Timo Kivimäki -- US-Myanmar/Burma Policy / Hunter Marston -- US relations with Sri Lanka: A Case of Impulsiveness, Missed Opportunities and Strategic Competition / Bhagya Senaratne -- The Evolution of American Foreign Policy Toward India / Sumit Ganguly -- Information Classification: General -- Misaligned expectations and broken promises: United States foreign policy approach towards Pakistan (1947-2021) / Wali Aslam -- US Engagement with Australia: 'No better friend'? / Rebecca Strating -- The United States and ASEAN: Bilateralism and Regionalism in a Changing Asia / Alice Ba -- Section 4: The US and Indo-Pacific issues -- The Pursuit of Primacy: US Security Policy in Indo-Pacific / Nick Bisley -- US regional economic policy in the Indo-Pacific / Remy Davison -- Congress, Domestic Politics and Contemporary US Policy in the Indo-Pacific / Bob Sutter -- US Nuclear Strategy in the Indo-Pacific (1945-2021) / Benjamin Zala -- The Role of Democracy and Human Rights in U.S. Indo-Pacific Policy (1945-2021) / Dave Shullman -- US concerns regarding the Belt and Road Initiative / David Arase -- US Cyber Strategy in the Indo-Pacific / Kimberly Orinx -- The US, Indo-Pacific, AI and Emerging Security Technologies / James Johnson.

"This handbook provides a comprehensive survey of US foreign policy throughout the Indo-Pacific. Home to around 60 percent of the world's population; most of the world's largest and fastest-growing economies; around half of the world's states with full nuclear capabilities; and a complicated web of unresolved tensions, disputes, and conflicts, the Indo-Pacific is arguably the most diverse, dynamic, and contested region on Earth. The book is designed to be of interest to students and scholars of the US in the Indo-/Asia Pacific; the international relations of the Indo-/Asia Pacific; and US foreign policy"-- Provided by publisher.

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