@article{1358532,
      author = {Fels, Enrico,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1358532},
      title = {Shifting Power in Asia-Pacific? : the Rise of China,  Sino-US Competition and Regional Middle Power Allegiance /},
      abstract = {This book investigates whether a power shift has taken  place in the Asia-Pacific region since the end of the Cold  War. By systematically examining the development of power  dynamics in Asia-Pacific, it challenges the notion that a  wealthier and militarily more powerful China is  automatically turning the regional tides in its favour.  With a special emphasis on Sino-US competition, the book  explores the alleged linkage between the regional  distribution of relevant material and immaterial  capabilities, national power and the much-cited regional  power shift. The book presents a novel concept for  measuring power in international relations by outlining a  composite index on aggregated power (CIAP) that includes 55  variables for 44 regional countries and covers a period of  twenty years. Moreover, it develops a middle power theory  that outlines the significance of middle powers in times of  major power shifts. By addressing political, military and  economic cooperation via a structured-focused comparison  and by applying a comparative-historical analysis, the book  analyses in depth the bilateral relations of six regional  middle powers to Washington and Beijing.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45689-8},
      recid = {1358532},
      pages = {1 online resource (XVII, 768 pages 27 illustrations in  color.)},
}