Asia-Pacific Small States: The Political Economies of Resilience

Explores how the smaller states in the Asia Pacific region have been effectively coping with the combined stresses of the Covid-19 pandemic and the geopolitical rivalry among major powers. Contents Acknowledgments 1 Small States in Asia Pacific: Challenges Amid Great Power Competition PART 1 NATIONAL EXPERIENCES 2 Singapore: Relearning, Recovery, and Resilience 3 Aotearoa/New Zealand: Contentious Trade Relations with the PRC 4 The Pacific Island States: Social and Solidarity-Based Economies 5 Taiwan: State and Private-Sector Cooperation PART 2 PROSPECTS FOR RECOVERY 6 East Asia’s Green Economic Recovery: A Path Out of the Coronacession 7 Reforming the Global Supply Chain: A Taiwanese Perspective 8 Multilateralism and US Engagement: Generating New Pressures and Incentives 9 Digital Regional Economic Integration: New Trade Agreements and Opportunities PART 3 CONCLUSION 10 Together, Alone: Economic Cooperation After the Pandemic Bibliography The Contributors Index About the Book Both the spread of Covid-19 and the intense US-China rivalry have been sources of stress for national economies throughout Asia Pacific. The authors of Asia-Pacific Small States, eschewing the usual focus on the region's powerhouses, turn their attention instead to the coping strategies of the smaller economies. Showing how these smaller states have been navigating the current turbulent times, they shed light not only on national experiences and recovery strategies, but also on the importance of so-called marginal players in today's geopolitical competition among major powers.