The expert contributors shed critical light on how significant developments are impacting on the global system. In particular, they consider emerging forms of global governance, and how the Asia-Pacific as a region, individual countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and the US, and regional...

Understanding regional governance in Asia / Nicholas Thomas -- Evolving regional governance in East Asia: from ASEAN to an East Asian community / Mely Caballero-Anthony -- Japan and regional governance in East Asia: expanding involvement, stagnated influence? / Hidetaka Yoshimatsu -- South Korea...

"This groundbreaking collection on global leadership features innovative and critical perspectives by scholars from international relations, political economy, medicine, law and philosophy, from North and South. The book's novel theorization of global leadership is situated historically within...

Introduction: South-South cooperation: Africa on the centre stage / Renu Modi -- Part I. The concept, history and moving forward -- Part II. Economic dimensions of South-South cooperation -- Part III. Socio-political context of South-South cooperation