Books by Axel Berkofsky

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the relations between China and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1949 to 1989. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, especially from the archive of the GDR's ruling party, this book examines selected issues and elements of East German and Chinese domestic and foreign policy.

The Asia-Pacific has become the Indo-Pacific region as the US, Japan, Australia and India have decided to join forces and scale-up their political, economic and security cooperation. The message is clear: China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is no longer the only game in town and Beijing's policymakers better get ready for fierce competition.

This book provides readers with an in-depth analysis of the types of area of cooperation that Europe and Japan are currently engaged in, and assesses whether the extent of their joint activities is substantive enough to fill the leadership gap the liberal world order faces in the years ahead.