Rahul Mishra is Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, European Studies Programme at the Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya. Azirah Hashim is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Malaya and former Executive Director, Asia-Europe Institute and former Director, Centre for ASEAN Regionalism, University of Malaya.Anthony Milner is Visiting Professor, University of Malaya; Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne; and Emeritus Professor, Australian National University.

• Introduction Part 1: Making Sense of International Relations: Western and Non-Western Approaches 1. Making Sense of International Relations: Non-Western Approaches 2. Making Sense of International Relations: Western, Non-Western and Universal Approaches 3. Making Sense of International Relations: A Japanese Perspective Part 2: European and Asian Security Architecture: Current Developments 4. New threats to the multilateral order: what the ASEAN and the European Union can do? 5. A Common Security Platform? EU and ASEAN have security concerns but also need to prioritize according to their needs 6. The European Security Architecture: Current Developments 7. EU’s Strategic Choices for the 2020s Part 3: Emerging Constructs – Belt and Road Initiative and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation 8. Malaysia’s Embrace of the Belt and Road Initiative and Implications for Regional Geopolitics 9. Europe and the Challenge of The Belt and Road Initiative 10. Conceptualising the Belt and Road Initiative: A Southeast Asian Perspective 11. China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Part 4: Emerging Constructs: The Indo-Pacific 12. The Indo-Pacific: An Evolving Regional Construct 13. Europe and the Indo-Pacific concept 14. Indonesia and Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region 15. A Critique of the Indo-Pacific Construct: Geopolitics of Western-Centrism

"an excellent contribution to International Relations (IR) with the non-western approach as its unique selling point. This book will be useful for IR scholars and practitioners who are interested in regionalism in Asia and Europe."---Peter Brian M. Wang, National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN), Malaysia, in International Affairs 98:4, 2022