Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

国際法・政治としての南シナ海紛争
Seo, Youngmin, The South China Sea Dispute as International Law and Politics: Discovering the Role of Law in Times of Power Shift. (Maritime Cooperation in East Asia 13) 267 pp. 2024:7 (Brill / Nijhoff, NE) <718-525>
ISBN 978-90-04-69634-1 hard ¥34,763.- (税込) EUR 143.00

Digging deep into the fields of international law (IL) and international relations (IR) theory, this book offers a groundbreaking interdisciplinary exploration of legal solutions to the South China Sea dispute. Youngmin Seo navigates the complex terrain of the role of international law in times of power redistribution, presenting unique insights that redefine perspectives. Seamlessly blending IR and IL perspectives and providing a nuanced understanding of this global issue in the Indo-Pacific, this work is a beacon in turbulent waters.

インド太平洋の安全保障－米中の競争と地域国家の反応
Khoo, Nicholas / Nicklin, Germana et al. (eds.), Indo-Pacific Security: US-China Rivalry and Regional States' Responses. 192 pp. 2024:2 (World Scientific, SI) <718-580>
ISBN 978-1-80061-484-0 hard ¥15,259.- (税込) US$ 68.00 *

Following the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Global Financial Crisis, China's foreign policy shifted to become more assertive, effecting a systematic deterioration in the US-China relationship. In 2017, the US' China policy shifted from that of 'engagement' to 'strategic competition' under Trump - a policy which has remained under the Biden administration.Indo-Pacific Security: US-China Rivalry and Regional States' Responses explores how states in the Indo-Pacific region have had to adjust to the reality and implications of this growing great power rivalry. In the process, this book fills a gap in the area studies, international relations, and security studies literature. It provides a compelling account of the trajectory of US-China relations while illuminating the varied responses of regional states: from Australia, India and Japan, to South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, and Pacific Island states.

新しい国際秩序における中国とインドのポストコロニアルの国家性
Karmazin, Ales, Liquid Sovereignty: Post-Colonial Statehood of China and India in the New International Order. (Palgrave Studies in International Relations) 262 pp. 2023:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <718-610>
ISBN 978-3-031-47904-5 hard ¥29,168.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book project studies the variation of sovereignty in international order by analysing how the general model of sovereignty is localised in the political practice of two major non-Western rising powers, namely China and India. It aims to investigate how the sovereignty of these states is constituted, which includes the question of how sovereignty works and becomes constituted in specific contexts and cases that fall outside the discourses and positions of the so-called Westphalian (conservative, absolutist) sovereignty that is dominantly advocated by these two states on a global level. The core of this project explores specific contested cases and situates them vis-a-vis the broader approaches of China and India to sovereignty. I specifically analyse four particular cases: China's approach to sovereignty in relation to Hong Kong and Taiwan and India's approach to sovereignty in relation to Bhutan and Kashmir. In doing so, I will illustrate that sovereignty is a flexible and plastic phenomenon which can be intertwined with principles, models or practices that are usually seen as divergent from or contradicting sovereignty; for example, those that derive from China's and India's imperial and colonial history.

非伝統的安全保障の問題における予防外交－ASEAN・中国の公衆衛生及び環境協力
Yang, Yue / Qiao, Youlin (eds.), Preventive Diplomacy in Non-traditional Security Issues: ASEAN-China Public Health and Environmental Cooperation. (Series on Asian Regional Cooperation Studies 10) 200 pp. 2024:3 (World Scientific, SI) <718-620>
ISBN 978-981-12-8569-1 hard ¥17,503.- (税込) US$ 78.00

As a key part and parcel of sustainable development of ASEAN-China relations, cooperation in non-traditional security issues has become a new growth area for both sides. This book is divided into three parts. The first part takes stock of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in 30 years of ASEAN-China public health cooperation, covering topics such as digital health and personnel training cooperation, global vaccine distribution and PPP in public health in Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. The second part explores how to reconnect ASEAN and China, which includes sharing the experiences of member states on vaccine multilateralism and offering proposals for practicable and safer regional standards to institute green lanes, travel bubbles and COVID-19 travel passports to strengthen the regional economy, especially in mass tourism. The third part introduces ASEAN-China cooperation on Nature based solutions (NBS) to environmental issues, including Southeast Asia's vulnerability to climate change and its Low Carbon Pathway, and NBS for climate change adaptation in Vietnam's Mekong Delta.

Chang, H. K., Mapping Civilizations Across Eurasia. 487 pp. 2024:3 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <718-646>
ISBN 978-981-9976-40-9 hard ¥34,030.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book is a history reader and cultural primer for students and aspiring scholars of past and contemporary interactions among civilizations over the Eurasian landmass. Tracing a human journey that spans several million years, this general survey of civilizations comprises seven sections: Studies on Civilization, Silk Road, Survey of Greater Central Asia, Portrait of India, Persian Cultural Sphere, Caucasus, and Turkish March. The first section introduces methodologies and perspectives for civilization studies. The second focuses on the concept and connotations of the ancient Silk Road as well as China's 21st-century strategic Belt & Road Initiative. In the remaining five sections, the trilingual, peripatetic author, based on his experiences and reflections, provides introductions to and comments on the history, literature, art, social tensions, and future development of five key areas along the Silk Road, i.e., Central Asia, India, Iran, Caucasus, and Turkey.

Chao, Glenda / Foster, Christopher / Valmisa, Mercedes, The Methods and Ethics of Researching Unprovenienced Artifacts from East Asia. (Elements in Ancient East Asia) 75 pp. 2024:1 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <718-647>
ISBN 978-1-00-947572-3 hard ¥14,406.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *
ISBN 978-1-00-910746-4 paper ¥4,899.- (税込) GB￡ 17.00 *

The immense outpouring of archaeological discoveries this past century has shed new light on ancient East Asia, and China in particular. Yet in concert with this development another, more troubling, trend has likewise gained momentum: the looting of cultural heritage and the sale of unprovenienced antiquities. Scholars face difficult questions, from the ethics of working with objects of unknown provenance, to the methodological problems inherent in their research. The goal of this Element is to encourage scholars to critically examine their relationships to their sources and reflect upon the impact of their research. The three essays in this Element present a range of disciplinary perspectives, focusing on systemic issues and the nuances of method versus ethics, with a case study of the so-called 'Han board' MSS given as a specific illustration.

T.W.リム他著　東アジアのネゴシエイター
Tan, Lee Cheng / Lim, Tai Wei, The East Asian Negotiator. 284 pp. 2023:12 (World Scientific, SI) <718-652>
ISBN 978-981-12-8050-4 hard ¥21,991.- (税込) US$ 98.00 *

While many (East) Asians are becoming more confident in their own culture and ways of doing things, at the same time, they are open to the melding of east-west ways. Because of this form of cultural hybridization, it is useful to include the authors' multidisciplinary area studies training which decodes some of the cultural symbols and contextual language used in Asian negotiations. They do so keenly with globalization's impact in mind. Due to globalization, western styles of negotiations have constantly engaged closely with negotiations styles in Asia (including East Asia) and the cross-pollination of ideas between the two have resulted in hybridized negotiations styles in the contemporary setting.Distilled practitioner knowledge will be combined with literature review and theoretical readings to share with readers the intricacies as well as theoretician's conceptualizations of East Asian negotiation styles. The book is written from the sub-discipline of cross-cultural negotiating styles, adopting some sociological/anthropological perspectives, anecdotes and concepts to discuss this subject matter.This volume hopes to fill in the gap between theoretical and applied knowledge through the use of theoretical concepts that readers from the West and other English-language textbook readers are familiar with, while supplementing the concepts with practitioner-oriented case studies drawn from actual experiences. This prevents the publication from becoming a theory-heavy text.

Olson, Kevin, Subaltern Silence: A Postcolonial Genealogy. (New Directions in Critical Theory 90) 384 pp. 2024:5 (Columbia U. Pr., US) <718-67>
ISBN 978-0-231-21446-9 hard ¥31,416.- (税込) US$ 140.00 *
ISBN 978-0-231-21447-6 paper ¥7,854.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

Subordination did not simply fade away in the aftermath of colonialism. Instead, this illuminating book shows, a host of subtle new techniques have arisen that dominate vast categories of people by rendering them silent. Kevin Olson investigates how contemporary societies silence the subaltern: sometimes a literal silencing, often a metaphor for other ways of making people unheard. Such forms of silence make some people invisible, push others to the margins, and devalue the voices and actions of still others.Subaltern Silence traces the development of these techniques to the early years of European colonialism, focusing on Haiti's revolution and postcolonial trajectory. Exploring rich archives from Europe and the postcolonial world, Olson critiques fundamental modern institutions and technologies, such as the public sphere, the free press, and even progressively minded democratic revolution, as sites of exclusion. With the emergence of postcoloniality, he argues, subordination has become increasingly abstract, virtual, and symbolic. Nonetheless, it lies at the heart of contemporary racial politics, divides Global South from Global North, and allocates privileges and burdens in ways that are often scarcely perceptible. Engaging deeply with the thought of Gayatri Spivak and Michel Foucault, Subaltern Silence offers a new genealogy of colonialism and postcoloniality that is both historically informed and theoretically rich.

阿部哲、T.W.リム編　社会的スティグマとパンデミック
Abe, Satoshi / Lim, Tai Wei (eds.), Social Stigma and the Pandemic: Key Challenges and Responses across Greater Asia. 200 pp. 2024:3 (World Scientific, SI) <718-269>
ISBN 978-981-12-8460-1 hard ¥19,747.- (税込) US$ 88.00

In this book, the focus is on five Asian countries/regions (Iran, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Japan) that show distinct approaches to combating infections. It specifically examines how the recent pandemic arose stigma in the context of history and sociocultural relations, how it is discussed and problematized among locals, and how disparate institutions and individuals mobilized to address it. A global comparative analysis across Greater Asia is presented in this book through the contributions of experts from multiple fields who have researched extensively in each region.