This book investigates whether a power shift has taken place in the
Asia-Pacific region since the end of the Cold War. By
systematically examining the development of power dynamics in
Asia-Pacific, it challenges the notion that a wealthier and
militarily more powerful China is automatically turning the
regional tides in its favour. With a special emphasis on Sino-US
competition, the book explores the alleged linkage between the
regional distribution of relevant material and immaterial
capabilities, national power and the much-cited regional power
shift. The book presents a novel concept for measuring power in
international relations by outlining a composite index on
aggregated power (CIAP) that includes 55 variables for 44 regional
countries and covers a period of twenty years. Moreover, it
develops a middle power theory that outlines the significance of
middle powers in times of major power shifts. By addressing
political, military and economic cooperation via a
structured-focused comparison and by applying a
comparative-historical analysis, the book analyses in depth the
bilateral relations of six regional middle powers to Washington and
Beijing.
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