This book identifies the more persuasive contributions by East Asian intellectuals to the international human rights debate.

Analysts generally agree that, in the long term, the biggest challenge to American hegemony is not military, but rather China’s economic rise. This perception

The rise of China, along with problems of governance in democratic countries, has reinvigorated the theory of political meritocracy. But what is the theory of p

Analyses the emerging human rights norms, regional institutions and enforcement mechanisms in Asia.

Is liberal democracy a universal ideal? Proponents of "Asian values" argue that it is a distinctive product of the Western experience and that Western powers sh