The new Global Politics of the Asia Pacific presents a coherent framework for understanding the complex International and global politics of the Asia-pacific. It is an Introductory guide to the main frameworks needed to understand the region (realism, liberalism, critical theory), which is reader friendly, while still offering sophisticated competing interpretations. A highly topical account, which provides an overview of the main actors, Institutions and contemporary issues such as security and transnational actors, it is required reading for undergraduate students of Asian Studies, International Politics and anyone interested in the region.