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Is Northeast Asia primed for peace or ripe for great-power rivalry? In this turbulent region, all the world-order challenges of arms control and disarmament, global North-South tensions, human rights and humanitarian intervention, environmental protection and eco-development, and democratization and humane governance are concentrated. More than any other part of the world, the divided Korean peninsula is the strategic crossroad where the four major regional/global powers—the United States, Russia, China, and Japan—uneasily interact. This authoritative work explores the complex and evolving interplay of national, regional, and global forces influencing Northeast Asia's security, economy, and identity. Written by a team of leading scholars, the book presents a variety of theoretical perspectives and case studies to offer a comprehensive analysis of the pressures that shape the policy choices of China, Russia, Japan, the United States, North and South Korea, and Taiwan. The authors' historically and culturally informed narratives help track and explain the changes and continuities of relationships within the region and with the United States and Russia. Concise and current, this book will be essential reading for all those concerned with the role of a changing Northeast Asia in world politics.
Samuel S. Kim teaches in the Department of Political Science and is a senior research scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Part 1 Part I: Theory and PracticeChapter 2 Northeast Asia in the Local-Regional-Global Nexus: Multiple Challenges and Contending ExplanationsPart 3 Part II: Major Power InteractionChapter 4 China's International Relations: The Political and Security DimensionsChapter 5 China's International Relations: The Economic DimensionChapter 6 Japan's International Relations: The Political and Security DimensionsChapter 7 Japan's International Relations: The Economic DimensionChapter 8 Russian Foreign Policy in Northeast AsiaChapter 9 U.S. Foreign Policy in Northeast AsiaPart 10 Part III: Flashpoints in the Divided NationsChapter 11 South Korea's International Relations: Challenges to Developmental Realism?Chapter 12 North Korea's International Relations: The Successful Failure?Chapter 13 Taiwan's External Relations: Identity versus SecurityPart 14 Part IV: Region BuildingChapter 15 The Emerging Northeast Asian Regional Order
A very welcome addition to the small but growing number of books that deal with East Asia in a theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded manner. It will be particularly valuable to teachers and researchers on the international relations of the world.
