Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

粕谷祐子編　アジアにおける脱植民地化と体制変化－民主主義と独裁制の歴史的起源
Kasuya, Yuko (ed.), Decolonization and Regime Change in Asia: Historical Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship. (Evidence-Based Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies 20) 390 pp. 2025:10 (Springer, GW) <754-731>
ISBN 978-981-9690-00-8 hard ¥37,121.- (税込) EUR 149.99

Kim, Kyung-Hwan / Phang, Sock-Yong (eds.), Greening the Housing Stock: Toward Net-Zero Cities in East Asia. 240 pp. 2025:8 (World Scientific, SI) <754-732>
ISBN 978-981-9812-49-3 hard ¥18,682.- (税込) US$ 88.00

Mondal, Lipon / Brunsma, David L. (eds.), Urban Regimes of Dispossession in the Global South: A New Debate. (Studies in Critical Social Sciences 333) 275 pp. 2025:9 (Brill, NE) <754-735>
ISBN 978-90-04-52217-6 hard ¥35,640.- (税込) EUR 144.00

In Urban Regimes of Dispossession, the authors examine how urban elites organize dispossession and govern the urban dispossessed. They also explore the ways the urban dispossessed experience and resist dispossession. Additionally, they analyse the role of dispossession in re-producing capitalist systems or transforming urban societies in the global south.

Wang, Sheng-Wei, Chinese Explored Asia Long before the Europeans: An Ancient World Map Tells All. 350 pp. 2025:9 (World Scientific, SI) <754-741>
ISBN 978-981-9810-96-3 hard ¥25,051.- (税込) US$ 118.00

Chinese Explored Asia Long Before the Europeans: An Ancient World Map Tells All is the fruit of the author's research into the history of exploration prior to the European Age of Discovery. This book analyses thoroughly the Asian regions of an important ancient world map: Kunyu Wanguo Quantu (KWQ) (??????), translated as 'Complete Geographical Map of All the Kingdoms of the World'. The map was published in 1602 by Italian Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci in China. For over 400 years, the map has been regarded as strictly of European origin and based on maps which Ricci brought with him to China in 1582 during the Ming Dynasty.However, after analysing the histories of all the geographical terms associated with Asia on the KWQ, this book presents multilayer evidence that the Asian regions on this map are of Chinese origin and that they reveal eras long before the arrival of Europeans: Japan in 897, Joseon in 1433, Ming China in 1433, Southeast Asia in 1432-1433, the Indian Subcontinent and its eastern periphery in 1432-1433, West and Central Asia in 1433, and Asia to the North of China in 1428-1433.The present book, and the author's previous book titled Chinese Global Exploration in the Pre-Columbian Era: Evidence from an Ancient World Map, can serve as a foundation for future China studies and offer new insights into the world history of land and maritime exploration.

欧州のインド太平洋の軸
Abbondanza, Gabriele / Grgic, Gorana, Europe's Indo-Pacific Pivot: Navigating New Horizons. 149 pp. 2025:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <754-666>
ISBN 978-981-9502-72-1 hard ¥7,421.- (税込) EUR 29.99

This is the first book exploring Europe's engagement with the Indo-Pacific region. Its novel comparative perspective favours a "bird's eye view" of Europe's unfolding Indo-Pacific pivot and nuances the many priorities and mechanisms that are involved in this process. The volume provides a wide-scoped account of Europe's policies on the Indo-Pacific, comprising both the EU and Europe's major, middle, and minor powers. It also offers a careful assessment of the resulting implications, including trends, commonalities and differences, advantages and risks, and consequences for cross-regional cooperation. Endorsed by experts from universities, think tanks, and international institutions, this book is meant for academics, policymakers, and diplomats, as well as journalists and students interested in Europe's growing focus on the Indo-Pacific.

Lees, Nicholas, The International Relations of the North-South Divide: Historical Inequality, Contemporary Disagreement and World Politics. 240 pp. 2025:11 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <754-676>
ISBN 978-1-5292-5368-9 paper ¥8,675.- (税込) GB￡ 29.99

Available open access digitally under a CC-BY-NC-ND license. This book examines the significance of both historical and contemporary inequality in shaping diplomatic disagreements in international relations. The author demonstrates that the North-South divide has endured into the 21st century by drawing on three decades of data measuring the foreign policy positions of states on divisive global issues, including new text-based measures of international priorities within the United Nations General Assembly. This divide reflects the dissatisfaction of many states of the Global South with the post-Cold War international order, owing to historical legacies of unequal development. Wide-ranging and rigorous, this new empirical investigation demonstrates the ongoing relevance of material inequality for international politics and the multilateral system.

松村昌廣他編　インド太平洋における地政学の構造的変化
Liu, Fu-Kuo / Karalekas, Dean / Matsumura, Masahiro (eds.), Structural Shift of Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific. (East Asian Security 3) 256 pp. 2025:8 (World Scientific, SI) <754-677>
ISBN 978-981-9817-84-9 hard ¥20,805.- (税込) US$ 98.00

This book - the latest in our series East Asian Security - was inspired by the Japan-Taiwan Security Dialogue, held by the Taiwan Center for Security Studies, National Chengchi University, and Osaka-based Momoyama Gakuin University. For years, China's political-economic development continued on a trajectory that Western leaders hoped would mirror that of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, and so many others before them: political liberalization followed economic development. Alas, China chose a different path: one driven by a revanchist mindset and a desire to dismantle the current unipolar order, removing the US from the position of global hegemon - starting with the Indo-Pacific region.Now, as the world holds its breath while an assertive China policy under a new, second Trump administration takes shape, this slow structural shift of geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region threatens to accelerate. The book examines this geopolitical shift from a variety of perspectives, bringing together research and analysis from a number of experts in the field from several different nations and disciplines. It is organized according to three broad themes: the increasing internationalization of Indo-Pacific security, the region's shifting alliance structures, and the growing competition over hegemony.

Apostolopoulou, Elia (ed.), The Material Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative: Infrastructures and Political Ecologies on the New Silk Road. 272 pp. 2025:9 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <754-727>
ISBN 978-1-5292-4063-4 hard ¥23,144.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00

China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), commonly called the New Silk Road, is a huge infrastructure project currently revitalising or creating new trading routes and large developments across the globe. It is estimated to cost up to US$8 trillion and impact more than 65% of the world's population. This book explores the unequal ways this controversial project is altering livelihoods, places and the environment. From road building projects in Nairobi to grassroots environmental activism in Thailand, researchers from the Global North and South analyse the real-world impacts of this unprecedented project, bringing together critical geography and political ecology approaches.

Dagbo, Pierre Gode, Les BRICS et la construction d'un monde multipolaire: le reveil des damnes de la Terre. 138 p. 2025:7 (L'Harmattan, FR) <754-728>
ISBN 978-2-336-54552-3 paper ¥3,960.- (税込) EUR 16.00

中世の海のシルクロードと初期のグローバル化　8～18世紀
Kadam, Umesh Ashok, Navigating History: The Medieval Maritime Silk Route and Early Globalization (8th to 18th Centuries). 298 pp. 2025:9 (Springer, GW) <754-730>
ISBN 978-981-9501-63-2 hard ¥34,646.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book explores the history of the Medieval Maritime Silk Route between the 4th and 17th Centuries CE as a dynamic network that facilitated extensive commercial exchange and profound cultural, political, and religious interactions across Eurasia and beyond. It examines how trade routes connected regions such as China, India, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, Africa, and parts of Europe, creating early forms of globalization driven by mutual economic interests. Chapters delve into the ethnographic impact of diasporic communities, the transmission of architectural styles, navigational and maritime innovations, religious interactions, and linguistic and culinary traditions. This book also examines how political developments, including the policies of regional powers, played a crucial role in sustaining the network, and how the arrival of European colonial powers transformed its nature through monopoly and militarized trade. It provides an in-depth analysis of key maritime hubs, the role of technological advancements in navigation, and the socio-economic impacts of maritime trade on local communities. By integrating diverse perspectives and interdisciplinary approaches, this book offers a comprehensive understanding of the Medieval Maritime Silk Route's significance in shaping early global interactions. This book is a must-read for those exploring the history of the medieval Maritime Silk Route. It serves as an invaluable resource for researchers, students, and readers with a keen interest in maritime history, transregional cultural exchange, and pre-modern globalization.

BRICS+とGCC諸国－公共政策、外交政策、地政学
Porto de Oliveira, Osmany / Zaidan, Esmat (eds.), The BRICS+ and Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Public Policies, Foreign Policy and Geopolitics. 196 pp. 2025:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <754-634>
ISBN 978-3-031-96002-4 hard ¥32,171.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book examines the multifaceted dimensions of the BRICS+ and Gulf Cooperation Council countries, focusing especially on public policy exchanges, economic partnerships, and diplomacy. It charts the evolution of the BRICS from a loose coalition of emerging powers to an institutionalized entity, with its own thinktank network dedicated to policy research and coordination. It also considers the relationships between these countries, especially against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, as well as similarities and differences in their domestic and foreign public policies. The book will appeal to all those interested in public policy, governance and international relations.

Vukovic, Sinisa / Dore, Giovanna Maria Dora (eds.), Good Governance in East Asia and Latin America: Emerging Trends and New Approaches. (Perspectives on Global Affairs) 201 pp. 2025:10 (Springer, GW) <754-638>
ISBN 978-3-032-00505-2 hard ¥32,171.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This edited volume discusses new approaches to good governance in East Asia and Latin America, with a focus on the Philippines and Chile. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in both countries between late 2023 and 2024, the chapters, written by a diverse group of contributors from the private sector, government, civil society, and academia, offer fresh insights into emerging trends in good governance. The themes covered in the volume span from democratic deconsolidation, to constitutional reform, indigenous rights, food security, horizontal inequalities and social unrest, and maritime security.

エイジング、健康、公共政策ハンドブック－アジアからの視点　全4巻
Rajan, S. Irudaya (Ed.-in-Chief), Handbook of Aging, Health and Public Policy: Perspectives from Asia. 4 vols. 3557 pp. 2025:9 (Springer, GW) <754-306>
ISBN 978-981-9978-41-0 hard ¥123,746.- (税込) EUR 499.99

This handbook presents the latest information on all aspects of global aging, with a focus on Asia, including policies, age-associated diseases and conditions, health services, long-term care, living arrangements, income and social security, preventing abuse, and the impact of migration on the elderly. Furthermore, the book presents a synthesis of research on population aging, social protection policies, crimes against the elderly, new analyses of trends, and discussions of major social policy strategies. Written by academics, practitioners and policymakers in the field of gerontology, the book offers an informative resource for demographers, gerontologists, economists, anthropologists and other social scientists studying various facets of aging, as well as students in the social and health sciences.

Schottenhammer, Angela / Torck, Mathieu et al. (eds.), Seafaring, Trade, and Knowledge Transfer: Maritime Politics and Commerce in Early Middle Period to Early Modern China and South East & East Asia. (Crossroads - History of Interactions across the Silk Routes 9) 400 pp. 2025:9 (Brill, NE) <754-326>
ISBN 978-90-04-73055-7 hard ¥33,412.- (税込) EUR 135.00

Maritime politics changed over time, and so did local perceptions and activities. People involved in maritime commerce had to react to changes in government decrees or instructions. This volume introduces political decisions and their background, agents involved into maritime trade - from private merchants over pirates to government institutions, including military - and practical questions of seafaring (diets, navigation maps, etc.) and diplomacy, but also looks into archaeological evidence and local perceptions of the maritime world, covering the period from ca. 900 to 1800. Contributors are: Angela Schottenhammer, Kimura Jun, Mark Staniforth, Li Man, John Chaffee, Ma Guang, Elke Papelitzky, Mathieu Torck, Xu Zhexin, Cheng Weichung, Leonard Blusse, Ubaldo Iaccarino, Cai Xiangyu (Ellen), Wim De Winter, and Patrizia Carioti.

南の大国とグローバルな開発
Trajber Waisbich, Laura, Southern Powers and Global Development: Responsible but Different. 192 pp. 2025:10 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <754-182>
ISBN 978-1-5292-4793-0 hard ¥23,144.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00

Responsibility and accountability are key concepts in global development, and no less so in the case of South-South cooperation (SSC). This book illustrates how donorship responsibility and accountability are being debated, negotiated and operationalised in the context of Southern rising powers' development cooperation. The book examines how Southern powers justify and improve the performance of their global development efforts to multiple audiences at home and abroad. Through a multi-site and multi-scalar tracing of diplomatic and domestic foreign policymaking processes in Brazil, China and India, the book depicts Southern powers' integration in the donorship regime where they simultaneously engage and contest existing donor accountability norms.

松村昌廣他編　インド太平洋地域における経済安全保障の創造
Hseuh, Alex Chien-Wu / Matsumura, Masahiro et al. (eds.), Crafting Economic Security in the Indo-Pacific Region: Concepts, Practices and New Dynamics. (Series on Regional Dynamics of the Indo-Pacific 2) 350 pp. 2025:9 (World Scientific, SI) <754-185>
ISBN 978-981-9817-24-5 hard ¥29,297.- (税込) US$ 138.00

This book addresses the up-to-date development and changing features of Economic Security. It corroborates with the concepts, policies and dynamics in the Indo-Pacific region. This book argues that economic security is an important component of national security, albeit it shall go beyond the narrowly defined national security which mainly focuses on military security and national defense. The central argument of this book identifies at least two forms of transcendence of contemporary economic security. The first transcendence is the transcendence beyond the narrow definitions and limited components, while the second one prioritizes the transcendence beyond the level of analysis; the domestic level in particular. Securing economic security is not only a concern of the government (at the national level), but also a major consideration for regional connectivity and its spill-over impact (at the international level), as well as the maintenance of livelihoods of local society, communities and people (at the grassroot level). This book demonstrates the joint efforts of transnational scholarship addressing the up-to-date development and dynamics of economic security in the Indo-Pacific region, through the lens of interdisciplinary perspectives. The contributors of this book include scholars, such as leading senior professors of international politics, international political economy, economics, anthropology, Southeast Asian Studies, research fellows and practitioners, such as a lawyer and a CEO of a start-up enterprise on green energy and carbon solution, foreign policy think tankers, technology think tankers, cyber security expert, and a diplomat (former foreign policy officer from India).The book contests against two myths. The first is that economic security is exclusively state-centric. This book agrees that the security referent of economic security is mainly the state, that is, the government. Nevertheless, this book argues that the referents should be more than the government by advocating that economic security is also tied up with the international community, especially for the regional communities based on common strategic goals and shared interests. Besides, additional referents to economic security should include private sector actors such as enterprises and companies, and people sectors, such as civil society, local communities and people. The second is to address the new dynamics of the economic security imposed by the strategic currents such as the US-China trade war or Russo-Ukraine War, which triggered the international attention over economic security that is narrowly defined as the crisis for semiconductor chips supply chain resilience.