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dc.contributor.editorPUGLIESE, Giulio
dc.contributor.editorFISCHETTI, Andrea
dc.contributor.editorTORRI, Michelguglielmo
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-27T11:01:07Z
dc.date.available2023-01-27T11:01:07Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationSpecial issue of Asia Maior, The Journal of the Italian Think Tank on Asia, 2022, No. 2en
dc.identifier.isbn9791254691793
dc.identifier.isbn9788833138800
dc.identifier.issn2385-2526
dc.identifier.issn2612-6680
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/75259
dc.descriptionThis issue is published jointly by the think tank Asia Maior (Associazione Asia Maior) & the Robert Schuman Centre – European University Institute.en
dc.description.abstractThe ongoing COVID-19 pandemic emergency has had a major impact in Asia – from South Asia, through Southeast Asia all the way to North Korea. It has allowed states to further centralize control over economic and social affairs – arguably also for good reasons – and has lent legitimacy to a recrudescence of nationalist and protectionist instincts, effectively empowering many of the region’s strongmen. The ripple effects of a post-pandemic depression, compounded by Russia’s war in Ukraine and the spectre of stagflation, are hard to discern. As popular discontent mounts, populist strongmen and democratic leaders alike have exhausted the charisma acquired through COVID-19 crisis-responses, ushering the way to two broad scenarios. A pessimistic outlook suggests further political decay and deepening geopolitical tensions as national interests more readily clash, and leadership seeks to divert attention from socio-economic grievances. Alternatively, contemporary history has demonstrated that genuine political evolution, new social compacts, redistributive political economies and multilateral systems of governance may acquire a new shine following a major crisis.1 Still, COVID-19 is among the factors that have widened the rift between the United States and China: US-China zero-sum interactions across the geopolitical, economic, technological and political domains have spiralled towards a race to the bottom in 2020. The Biden administration’s more nuanced approach, and more courteous rhetoric, towards Beijing hasn’t changed that dynamic. Lastly, at a time of crisis, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine inflicted another crucial blow to the already precarious international system.en
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Giulio Pugliese & Andrea Fischetti, Foreword. US-China Competition, COVID-19 and Democratic Backsliding in Asia -- 2. Axel Berkofsky, The US-Japan Security Alliance – Ready and Equipped to Deal with China? -- 3. Francesca Congiu, China, United States, COVID-19 and the Long-standing Question of Human Rights: Problems of a dichotomous approach -- 4. Beatrice Gallelli, China’s official narratives on Xinjiang: Interethnic mingling, economic prosperity and religious terrorism --5. Barbara Onnis, COVID-19 and China’s Global Image -- 6. Marco Milani, The role of South Korea amid US-China Competition -- 7. Diego Maiorano, Democratic backsliding amid the COVID-19 pandemic in India -- 8. Michelguglielmo Torri, The Road to Galwan Valley: An Alternative View of India’s Relations with China and the US since 2005 -- 9. Filippo Boni, The US-China Rivalry in South Asia and Pakistan’s hedging dilemma -- 10. Silvia Tieri, Migration, Borders, and Security Discourses in the time of COVID-19: The case of migration from Bangladesh to India -- 11. Gianluca Coci, The Young Abe Kōbō’s Engagement in Post-war Japanese Literary and Artistic Societies -- 12. Appendixen
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dc.publisherViella s.r.l. & Associazione Asia Maioren
dc.relation.urihttps://www.asiamaior.orgen
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.titleUS-China competition, COVID-19 and democratic backsliding in Asiaen
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