Power Shift - China and Asia′s New Dynamics

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-520-24570-9
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 402 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 553 g

The dynamics of international relations in Asia are undergoing broad and fundamental changes that are reverberating around the world. Primary among the catalysts of change in the region is the rise of China as the engine of regional economic growth, as a major military power, as a significant voice in regional diplomacy, and as a proactive power in multilateral institutions. With in-depth assessments by seventeen of the world’s leading experts on China’s foreign relations, this groundbreaking volume offers the most timely, up-to-date, and comprehensive analysis of China’s emerging influence on international relations in Asia.

The contributors explore the various dimensions of China’s rise, its influence on the region, the consequences for the United States, and alternative models of the evolving Asian order. What emerges is a clear picture of China increasingly at the center of the regional web; while North Korean and Taiwan could erupt in conflict, the predominant trend in Asia is the creation of an extensive web of mutual interdependence among states and non-state actors. Providing the best overview we currently have of the changing political balance on the Asian continent, this accessible volume will be essential reading for anyone concerned with contemporary Asian affairs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shambaugh, D.

Shambaugh, David

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaften einzelner Länder und Regionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Recht, Kultur, Umwelt etc.)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Contributors

Introduction: The Rise of China and Asia’s New Dynamics
David Shambaugh

PART ONE: CHINA AND THE CHANGING ASIAN LANDSCAPE
1. Return to the Middle Kingdom? China and Asia in the Early Twenty-first Century
David Shambaugh
2. China’s Regional Strategy
Zhang Yunling and Tang Shiping

PART TWO: THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION
3. China’s Regional Trade and Investment Profile
Hideo Ohashi
4. China’s Regional Economies and the Asian Region: Building Interdependent Linkages
Robert F. Ash

PART THREE: POLITICS AND DIPLOMACY
5. China-Japan Relations: Downward Spiral or a New Equilibrium?
Mike M. Mochizuki
6. China’s Ascendancy and the Korean Peninsula: From Interest Reevaluation to Strategic Realignment?
Jae Ho Chung
7. Taiwan Faces China: Attraction and Repulsion
Richard Bush
8. China and Southeast Asia: The Context of a New Beginning
Wang Gungwu
9. China’s Influence in Central and South Asia: Is It Increasing?
John W. Garver
10. China and Russia: Normalizing Their Strategic Partnership
Yu Bin

PART FOUR: SECURITY
11. China’s Evolving Regional Security Strategy
Bates Gill
12. China’s Regional Military Posture
Michael D. Swaine

PART FIVE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES
13. China’s Regional Strategy and Why It May Not Be Good for America
Robert Sutter
14. China’s Rise in Asia Need Not Be at America’s Expense
David M. Lampton

PART SIX: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ASIAN REGION
15. The Transformation of the Asian Security Order: Assessing China’s Impact
Jonathan D. Pollack
16. The Evolving Asian Order: The Accommodation of Rising Chinese Power
Michael Yahuda

Über Autor(innen)

David Shambaugh is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the China Policy Program at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. He is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. He has written and edited many books, including Modernizing China’s Military: Progress, Problems, and Prospects (California, 2004), Making China Policy: Lessons from the Bush and Clinton Administrations (2001), The Modern Chinese State (2000), and The China Reader: The Reform Era (1999).