Roundtable in Asia Policy 20.1
Enze Han’s The Ripple Effect: China’s Complex Presence in Southeast Asia
In this book review roundtable on Enze Han’s The Ripple Effect: China’s Complex Presence in Southeast Asia, Alice D. Ba, Benjamin Ho, Sharon Seah, Alvin Camba, and Enze Han discuss China–Southeast Asia relations beyond the state level to consider how local and nonstate actors affect the dynamics between the two regions.
Planned and Not: Chinese Influence from the Ground Up in Southeast Asia
Alice D. Ba
China Seeks Out Southeast Asia: More Than Just Economic Dependency
Benjamin Ho
Love or Fear? China in Southeast Asia
Sharon Seah
The Complexity of China–Southeast Asia Relations
Alvin Camba
Author’s Response: Understanding China’s Complex Presence in Southeast Asia
Enze Han
Alice D. Ba is the Emma Smith Morris Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware (United States). Her work on the international relations of East and Southeast Asia examines the structures, processes, and systemic effects of regionalism and cooperative regime building, as well as relations between smaller and major powers.
Benjamin Ho is Assistant Professor in the China Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) in Singapore. His research interests include China’s international relations, security multilateralism in the Asia-Pacific, national security, and the sociology of religion and public theology. He is the author of China’s Political Worldview and Chinese Exceptionalism: International Order and Global Leadership (2021).
Sharon Seah is a Senior Fellow at the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute (Singapore), where she is also concurrently Coordinator of the ASEAN Studies Centre and the Climate Change in Southeast Asia Programme. Her research interests include ASEAN, multilateralism, rule of law, and climate change. She is the lead author of The State of Southeast Asia series of survey reports and The Southeast Asia Climate Outlook survey series.
Alvin Camba is a Critical Materials Specialist at Associated Universities Incorporated (United States).
Enze Han is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong (China).
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