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Book Review: He, Baogang. 2017. Contested Ideas of Regionalism in Asia

Book Review: He, Baogang. 2017. Contested Ideas of Regionalism in Asia Journal of Asian Security Book Reviews and International Affairs 4(3) 353–362 2017 SAGE Publications India Private Limited SAGE Publications sagepub.in/home.nav DOI: 10.1177/2347797017729905 http://aia.sagepub.com He, Baogang. 2017. Contested Ideas of Regionalism in Asia. New York: Routledge, 196 pp. ISBN: 978-1-138-65167-8 Today, in Asia, ideas of regionalism are at a crossroads. With the new US admini- stration, America’s ‘Pivot to Asia’ strategy and the Trans-Pacific Partnership are no longer part of the map in comprising regionalism. Baogang He’s Contested Ideas of Regionalism in Asia, although written before the inauguration of the Trump administration, timely provides historical guidelines and the future of the evolving ideas of Asian regionalism. Specifically, He accomplishes his analysis, from a realist-constructivist perspective, by mapping out the various ideas of regionalism across the Asian countries and demonstrating how these concepts have interacted with one another to make up the ideas we have today. He provides a compelling analysis of how the different ideas of regionalism can be defined by the broad debate on Pan-Asianism versus Asia-Pacific regionalism. The author highlights the history of Asian regionalism from a unique perspective. Going back into history as early as the 1900s, demonstrated by the second through fourth chapters, He uncovers the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs SAGE

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Journal of Asian Security Book Reviews and International Affairs 4(3) 353–362 2017 SAGE Publications India Private Limited SAGE Publications sagepub.in/home.nav DOI: 10.1177/2347797017729905 http://aia.sagepub.com He, Baogang. 2017. Contested Ideas of Regionalism in Asia. New York: Routledge, 196 pp. ISBN: 978-1-138-65167-8 Today, in Asia, ideas of regionalism are at a crossroads. With the new US admini- stration, America’s ‘Pivot to Asia’ strategy and the Trans-Pacific Partnership are no longer part of the map in comprising regionalism. Baogang He’s Contested Ideas of Regionalism in Asia, although written before the inauguration of the Trump administration, timely provides historical guidelines and the future of the evolving ideas of Asian regionalism. Specifically, He accomplishes his analysis, from a realist-constructivist perspective, by mapping out the various ideas of regionalism across the Asian countries and demonstrating how these concepts have interacted with one another to make up the ideas we have today. He provides a compelling analysis of how the different ideas of regionalism can be defined by the broad debate on Pan-Asianism versus Asia-Pacific regionalism. The author highlights the history of Asian regionalism from a unique perspective. Going back into history as early as the 1900s, demonstrated by the second through fourth chapters, He uncovers the

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