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The Southeast Asia Yearbooks published by Nomos provide in-depth insights into the dynamic and geopolitically increasingly important Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its member states. The contributions are written by experts from Southeast Asia and the German-speaking world. This first volume brings together analyses of current developments in domestic, foreign, and economic policy… Continue reading Südostasien-Jahrbuch: Wirtschaft – Politik – Gesellschaft | Southeast Asia Yearbook: Economy – Politics – Society

This volume explores how Taiwan transformed during Tsai Ing-Wen’s two-term presidency (2016–2024) – an era marked by both unprecedented stability and growing polarisation. Bringing together 25 scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America, it examines how Tsai’s leadership reshaped Taiwan’s democracy, gender equality, and social norms while navigating intensifying cross-Strait tensions and shifting global power… Continue reading Taiwan in the New World Order: The Legacy of Tsai Ing-Wen

This book examines the rise and fall of Sino-Czech relations after 2012, which coincided with China’s outward political and economic expansion through the Belt and Road Initiative and the construction of a global network of partnerships, including in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Drawing on relational theory rooted in the Chinese concept of guanxi, the authors… Continue reading China’s Relational Power in Central and Eastern Europe: Lessons from the Czech Republic

This new textbook presents an excellent introduction to the most important aspects of contemporary Taiwanese society, politics, economy, and international relations in a comprehensive and reader-friendly way. Illustrating that Taiwan is more than just a military hot spot – also as a vibrant democracy, a beacon of human rights, a technological leader, and an economic… Continue reading Contemporary Taiwan: More than a Flashpoint

Contemporary China: A New Superpower? is a unique textbook introducing the complexity and diversity of China’s society, politics, economics, and international affairs, and the multiple ways in which their dynamics corroborate to simultaneously construct and challenge perceptions of China. Structured thematically in three sections – History, Society and Culture; Politics and Economy; and International Relations –… Continue reading Contemporary China: A New Superpower?