主要地域・テーマ別に50以上の項目を第一線の専門家たちが寄稿した、アジア政治の最前線を深く知るためのレファレンス。中国、インド、日本、台湾、ベトナムなどの国々にわたり、民主化、アイデンティティ・ポリティクス、政治文化、テロリズムなどを取り上げる。東南アジア政治研究の木場紗綾（神戸市外国語大学）が19章「軍隊」を、政党研究で著名な上神貴佳（國學院大學）が42章「日本」の項目をそれぞれ執筆。From the Contents: 19 Militaries (Saya Kiba) ; 42 Japan (Takayoshi Uekami)Over 50 entries organized according to key geographic regions and conceptual themes. Cross-disciplinary in approach, this pioneering Encyclopedia of Asian Politics reviews a broad range of issues such as democratization, identity politics, political culture, and terrorism, as well as the regional divisions across Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. Contributors include a wealth of specialist academics and practitioners from a diverse array of fields. They provide case studies on specific countries for further insight, focusing on China, India, Japan, Pakistan, Taiwan, and Vietnam among other territories.