1. Introduction: Contesting Globalization and its Discourses2. Internationalization, Globalization and Institutional Roles in the Face of Rising Nationalisms3. Understanding the Internationalization of Higher Education in South Korea with Different Theories of Development4.The Cultural Experiment at East Asian Universities5. The Third Road beyond Nationalism and Globalization? China's Belt and Road Initiative and Its Implications for Higher Education6. The Dialectics between "Race to the Top" and "Back to Basics" Metaphors on Taiwan Higher Education Reforms between 2006 and 20177. Globalization or Regionalization? Implications of the Reform of Japanese Higher Education in the 21st Century8. Changes to Internationalization of Japan's Higher Education? An analysis of findings from two national surveys in 2008 and 20179. Excellence VS. Equity: How Taiwan Higher Education Caught in a Trap for 'World Class' Status10. How 'Internationalism' and 'Nationalism' Get Along in Higher Education: A Thai Provincial University's Perspectives11. Knowledge Diplomacy and Worldview Diversity Education: Applications for an Internationalized Higher Education Sector12. Institutional Social Capital and Chinese International Branch Campus: A Case Study from Students' Perspectives13. Conclusion