Follow the Leader, Lose the Region

Jeffrey Reeves is vice president of research and strategy for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. He has served as director of Asian Studies at the United States Army War College and as an instructor at Peking University in the People's Republic of China. His works include Chinese–Japanese Competition and the East Asian Security Complex: Vying for Influence and Chinese Foreign Relations with Weak Peripheral States: Asymmetrical Economic Power and Insecurity.

• Introduction: Framing a Canadian Strategy in the Asia-Pacific1 The Basics: A Critical Examination of Western Narratives on Asia2 Asian Counter-Narratives: Indo-Pacific, Rules-Based Order, and Freedom and Openness3 Asian Counter-Narratives: Western State Identity in the Asia-Pacific4 Asian Narratives on Asia's Security Order: Western Hegemony as a Source of Instability 5 Chinese Counter-Narratives: The Chinese Communist Party, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, and Foreign Affairs 6 Mapping a Canadian Policy Approach to Asia: National Interests, Asian Narratives, and Network AnalysisConclusion: Toward Omnidirectional Diplomacy and Strategic IntegrationNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index