Hedging Strategies in Southeast Asia: ASEAN, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam and their Relations with China

by Alfred Gerstl

Overview

Introducing a re-conceptualized hedging framework, this book analyses the relations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the middle powers Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam with China in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032079400
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/27/2024
Series:	Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
Pages:	162
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alfred Gerstl is Associate Professor at the Department of Asian Studies, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic and Adjunct Professor at the University of Vienna, Austria. A specialist on International Relations in the Indo- Pacific, notably on Southeast Asia and China's rise, symbolized in the Belt and Road Initiative, he is also President of the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS), a transnational think tank.

Table of Contents

1. The Belt and Road Initiative, Southeast Asia, and the South China Sea – an overview

2. The theoretical-methodological framework: A re-conceptualized hedging concept

3. ASEAN’s hedging strategy towards China

4. Malaysia’s hedging strategy towards China under Mahathir Mohamad 2.0

5. The Philippines' hedging strategy towards China under Rodrigo Duterte

6. Vietnam’s hedging strategy towards China

7. Conclusion: Similarities and differences of the four hedging strategies