Geopolitics, Supply Chains, and International Relations in East Asia
Global supply chains connect the world in unprecedented and intricate ways—but what role do they play in interstate conflict and cooperation? Geopolitics, Supply Chains, and International Relations in East Asia, an edited volume supported in part by IGCC through the University of California Office of the President Laboratory Fees Research Program, dissects the sources and effects of contemporary disruptions of these networks.
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Edited by distinguished professor and IGCC affiliated researcher Etel Solingen of UC Irvine, the volume sheds light on whether a highly interdependent “Factory Asia” and Asia-Pacific can withstand geopolitical, geo-economic, and pandemic threats.
1. Introduction: Geopolitical Shocks and Global Supply Chains
Part I – Global Supply Chains, Geopolitics, and Trade Wars
2. Global Value Chains and the U.S.-China Trade War
3. The U.S.-China Trade War: Implications for Japan’s Global Value Chains
4. Constructing a Chinese AI Global Supply Chain in the Shadow of “Great Power Competition”
5. Competition and Collaboration among East Asian Firms in the Smartphone Supply Chains
6. Hidden Economic Costs of Geopolitical Disputes for Supply Chains in East Asia
7. Global Supply Chains and Great Power Competition in Africa
Part II: Domestic Political, Economic, and Social Dimensions of Global Supply Chains
8. Are Global Supply Chains Vital to China’s Leaders?
9. Firms Fight Back: Production Networks and Corporate Opposition to the China Trade War
10. Understanding and Contesting Global Supply Chains in an Era of Inequality
11. Why Escalate? Cognitive Theory and Global Supply Chains in Northeast Asia
12. The Role of Chinese Workers in Supply Chain Campaigns
Part III: Postscript On COVID-19
8. Are Global Supply Chains Vital to China’s Leaders?
9. Firms Fight Back: Production Networks and Corporate Opposition to the China Trade War
10. Understanding and Contesting Global Supply Chains in an Era of Inequality
11. Why Escalate? Cognitive Theory and Global Supply Chains in Northeast Asia
12. The Role of Chinese Workers in Supply Chain Campaigns