Power and Security in Northeast Asia
Power and Security in Northeast Asia
Shifting Strategies
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Bind: Hardbound
Year: 2008
Pages: 326
Size: 153 x 229 mm
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Published in India by: Viva Books
Exclusive Distributors: Viva Books
Sales Territory: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Description:
As China's influence rises and the US attempts to retain its primacy in Northeast Asia, the countries of the region are reconsidering their own security needs—and availing themselves of new opportunities. Power and Security in Northeast Asia explores the complexities of current security strategies in the region, revealing motivations and policies not often considered by traditional international relations analyses.
Target audience:
Students and academics of political science, international relations, defence studies, etc.
Contents:
Introduction: The Question of Power and Order in Northeast Asia—the Editors.
• THE US IN NORTHEAST ASIA: INESCAPABLE HEGEMON.
• US Influence in a Changing Asia—S. Haggard.
• US Strategies in Northeast Asia: A Revisionist Hegemon—J.D. Pollack.
• NORTHEAST ASIA?S MAJOR POWERS: ACCOMMODATING THE US.
• China's Hedged Acquiescence: Coping with US Hegemony—M. Pei.
• Japan's Activism Lite: Bandwagoning the United States—Y. Yamamoto.
• Russia's China Card: Eyes on Washington—A. Lukin.
• NORTHEAST ASIA’S MIDDLE POWERS: DEMANDING MORE, TAKING RISKS.
• North and South Korea: Unlikely Challenger, Unlikely Mediator—B.K. Kim.
• Taiwan's Politics of Identity: Navigating in between China and the US—Y.H. Chu.
• CONCLUSION.
• Interests, Identity, and Power in Northeast Asian Security—B.K. Kim.
About the Editors:
Byung-Kook Kim is professor of political science at Korea University and director of the East Asia Institute in Seoul.
Anthony Jones is associate professor of sociology at Northeastern University.
