Etel Soligen, ed., Geopolitics, Supply Chains, and International Relations in East Asia

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Global supply chains (GSCs) have emerged as a salient feature of the global economy in the past decades. The rise of trade in intermediate, rather than final goods, along with heightened geopolitical and geo-economic tensions in East Asia, provide excellent opportunities for scholars to assess the implications of this phenomenon for interstate cooperation and conflict in the region. This volume tackles this question, emphasizing the importance of not only geopolitics, but also domestic political, economic, and social factors for shaping the region’s GSC relations. The findings highlight the drivers of evolving GSC structures, and the wide range of strategies that firms, industries, and governments have adopted to cope with exogenous shocks such as the United States (U.S.)-China trade war and the Covid-19 pandemic. …