The Far East & Australasia 2026 (Hardcover, 57 ed)

PART ONE General Survey The USA’s Opposition to China in the Asia-Pacific Region: Biden’s Legacy and Future Uncertainty ROBERT G. SUTTER Human Rights in South-East Asia CATHERINE RENSHAW Australia, New Zealand and the Politics of Indigenous Self-determination DOMINIC O’SULLIVAN Recent Economic Developments in the Asia Pacific Region ROBERT E. LOONEY Minilateralism in the Indo-Pacific: Navigating Shifts in an Evolving Regional Order NAZIA HUSSAIN PART TWO Country Surveys Sections on geography, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country. A dedicated section on the Pacific islands, which includes an introductory essay and directory and statistical information for each of the Pacific islands and a locally focused bibliography. AUSTRALIA History FRANK BONGIORNO Economy DOUGLAS HUNT and SHYAMA RATNASIRI AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN Ashmore and Cartier Islands Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Heard Island and the McDonald Islands BRUNEI History STEPHEN C. DRUCE Economy WEE CHIAN KOH CAMBODIA History TRUDE JACOBSEN GIDASZEWSKI Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA History OLIVIA CHEUNG Economy ROBERT F. ASH CHINESE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS HONG KONG History JAMES TANG (based on an earlier article by N. J. MINERS) Economy LOK SANG HO MACAO History Economy INDONESIA History JAMES R. RUSH Economy ANNE BOOTH JAPAN History DEAN ASZKIELOWICZ (Revised by PAUL TAUCHER) Economy SHIRO ARMSTRONG KOREA History up to the Korean War ANDREW C. NAHM (with revisions by JAMES E. HOARE) THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA History EDWARD HOWELL Economy ROBERT F. ASH THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA History EDWARD HOWELL Economy RANDALL S. JONES THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC History VOLKER GRABOWKSY Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY MALAYSIA History JAMES CHIN and ANTHONY MILNER Economy MICHAEL MEOW-CHUNG YAP MONGOLIA History LI NARANGOA (Revised by JULIAN DIERKES) Economy CHARLES KRUSEKOPF MYANMAR (BURMA) History ARDETH THAWNGHMUNG Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY NEW ZEALAND History JEANINE GRAHAM Economy KENNETH E. JACKSON THE PACIFIC ISLANDS Background to the Pacific Islands BRYANT J. ALLEN History of the Pacific Islands IAN CAMPBELL Contemporary Politics of the Pacific Islands STEWART FIRTH Security in the Pacific Islands STEWART FIRTH Economies of the Pacific Islands RONALD DUNCAN (Revised by STEWART FIRTH) Environmental Issues of the Pacific Islands ROSS STEELE China and the Pacific: Increased Competition for Security and Engagement MATTHEW CLARKE Competing Regional Visions: The Blue Pacific and Indo-Pacific in the Age of AUKUS PHILIPPA LOUEY AUSTRALIAN PACIFIC TERRITORIES Coral Sea Islands Territory Norfolk Island FIJI FRENCH PACIFIC OVERSEAS COLLECTIVITIES French Polynesia The Wallis and Futuna Islands OTHER FRENCH PACIFIC OVERSEAS TERRITORY New Caledonia KIRIBATI THE MARSHALL ISLANDS THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA NAURU NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC TERRITORY Tokelau NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC ASSOCIATED STATES The Cook Islands Niue PALAU PAPUA NEW GUINEA SAMOA SOLOMON ISLANDS TONGA TUVALU UNITED KINGDOM PACIFIC TERRITORY The Pitcairn Islands US COMMONWEALTH TERRITORY IN THE PACIFIC The Northern Mariana Islands US EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE PACIFIC American Samoa Guam OTHER US TERRITORIES IN THE PACIFIC Baker and Howland Islands Jarvis Island Johnston Atoll Kingman Reef Midway Island Palmyra Wake Island VANUATU THE PHILIPPINES History JOHN T. SIDEL Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY SINGAPORE History S. R. JOEY LONG Economy CHAN KOK HOE TAIWAN History DAFYDD FELL Economy ROBERT F. ASH THAILAND History NICHOLAS FARRELLY Economy JUTHATHIP JONGWANICH and ARCHANUN KOPHAIBOON TIMOR-LESTE (EAST TIMOR) History MICHAEL LEACH Economy GUTERIANO NEVES VIET NAM History JORN DOSCH Economy SUIWAH LEUNG PART THREE Regional Information REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS MAJOR COMMODITIES OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC CALENDARS AND TIME RECKONING RESEARCH INSTITUTES STUDYING THE FAR EAST AND AUSTRALASIA SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS) SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS) INDEX OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INDEX OF TERRITORIES LIST OF MAPS