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Beverley Loke
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Australian National University | Co-Convenor of the ANU China Seminar Series | Great power politics, Hierarchies and Hegemony, Global Order, Global IR, China’s foreign policy, US-China, Indo-Pacific.
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How wonderful, many congratulations on the book @claireyorke.bsky.social !!!
August 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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The introduction to the special issue is available #OpenAccess from here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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ABSTRACT US–China great power competition in the Indo-Pacific is intensifying, with important consequences for the conceptualisation of regional order. However, many debates remain largely wedded to binary analysis, failing to capture the complexity and fluidity of an evolving Indo-Pacific order. This Special Issue posits instead that the US and China are seeking to establish coalitional hegemonies through the competition for power, position and influence across multiple and often overlapping legitimating constituencies in the Indo-Pacific. It is driven by four research questions: (1) How are the US and China engaging in coalition-building in the Indo-Pacific; (2) What is the scale and evolution of these coalition-building projects; (3) How have regional middle powers responded to American and Chinese coalition-building efforts; and (4) What are the implications for regional alignments in the Indo-Pacific? By investigating the nature, extent and effects of US and China's coalition-building in the Indo-Pacific, this Special Issue yields important conceptual and empirical insights into the politics, processes and practices of regional hegemonic (re)ordering in the Indo-Pacific.
July 31, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Many thanks to all contributors, reviewers and particular thanks to the @austjia.bsky.social Editors-in-Chief and Editorial Manager!
July 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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How are the US & China engaging in coalition-building in the Indo-Pacific? What is the scale & evolution of these coalition-building projects? How have regional middle powers responded to US & China’s coalition-building efforts? What are the implications for regional alignments in the Indo-Pacific?
July 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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The Special Issue posits that the US and China are seeking to establish coalitional hegemonies across multiple and often overlapping legitimating constituencies in the Indo-Pacific. We pose 4 key research questions to examine the nature, extent and effects of US and China’s coalition-building:
July 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM