July 19, 2019

Andrew Yeo, associate professor, politics and director, Asian studies, was mentioned on Bookauthority about his book, Asia's Regional Architecture being ranked number nine out of 24 best new international relations books to read in 2019.

...During the Cold War, the U.S. built a series of alliances with Asian nations to erect a bulwark against the spread of communism and provide security to the region. Despite pressure to end bilateral alliances in the postCold War world, they persist to this day, even as new multilateral institutions have sprung up around them. The resulting architecture may aggravate rivalries as the U.S., China, and others compete for influence. However, Andrew Yeo demonstrates how Asia's complex array of bilateral and multilateral agreements may ultimately bring greater stability and order to a region fraught with underlying tensions...

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