Book contents
- Recentering Pacific Asia
- Recentering Pacific Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Author and Commentators
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the Cover Map
- Introduction
- 1 Continuities in China’s Pacific Asian Centrality
- 2 Thin Connectivity
- Commentary
- 3 Sharp Connectivity
- Commentary
- 4 Thick Connectivity
- Commentary
- 5 China, Pacific Asia, and Reconfiguring a Multinodal World
- Commentary
- 6 Global Power Rivalry, Pacific Asia, and World Order
- Bibliography
- Index
Commentary
Evelyn Goh
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2023
- Recentering Pacific Asia
- Recentering Pacific Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Author and Commentators
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the Cover Map
- Introduction
- 1 Continuities in China’s Pacific Asian Centrality
- 2 Thin Connectivity
- Commentary
- 3 Sharp Connectivity
- Commentary
- 4 Thick Connectivity
- Commentary
- 5 China, Pacific Asia, and Reconfiguring a Multinodal World
- Commentary
- 6 Global Power Rivalry, Pacific Asia, and World Order
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Evelyn Goh is well known for her emphasis on order transition rather than power transition in world politics, and in her commentary she stresses the compatibility of a multinodal framing that recognizes the continuing significance of power in a post-hegemonic context. While China’s reemergence is a key event for Pacific Asia, she cautions that regional centrality does not preclude global relevance, either for China or for the Pacific Asian region. China is not just regional, and neither is Pacific Asia. But becoming global implies new challenges of global governance and global responsibility. The overall tendency is toward “a multinodal Asia in a multinodal international system.”
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- Recentering Pacific AsiaRegional China and World Order, pp. 191 - 199Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023