Summary This book casts doubt on many prevailing assumptions about the complex relationship between Japan and China. Based on ten years of research in the…
Country or Region: Japan
Abstract During the 1970’s and 1980’s, Beijing and Washington shared common strategic purposes. But these shared interests have narrowed in the 1990’s. The Sino-American relationship…
Summary The dynamics of international relations in Asia are undergoing broad and fundamental changes that are reverberating around the world. Primary among the catalysts of…
Summary This volume addresses the role of the Chinese military in shaping its country’s security environment. The PLA itself is shaped and molded by both…
Summary Three American missiles hit the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, and what Americans view as an appalling and tragic mistake, many Chinese see as a…
Abstract China’s rapidly growing economic engagement with other developing countries has aroused intense debates, but these debates have often generated more heat than light. The…
Summary The foreign policy of the People’s Republic of China has been dominated in recent decades by the problems of dealing with the other major…
From the Publisher: The importance of World War I for understanding contemporary East Asia lies not in the ubiquitous analogy drawn between Anglo-German antagonism and contemporary…
From the publisher: With the Gulf War as a trigger, Japan began to make a humanitarian contribution by dispatching the Self Defense Forces to United Nations…
From the Publisher: Despite having the highest level of public debt in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), higher than Greece or Italy, Japan…
Abstract This paper presents some scenarios that, if they were to come to pass, could result in military conflict with China over the next thirty…
Abstract The article discusses foreign relations and security policy between Japan and the U.S. The author reflects on the economic growth and rebuilding of infrastructure…
Abstract The article discusses the politics and government of Japan, as of January 2010. It focuses on the results of the previous year’s national elections,…
Abstract Theories of the product cycle, hegemony, and the world system are used to analyze the creation and development of the Northeast Asian political economy…
Summary As the world’s most vital region, Asia embodies explosive economic growth, diverse political systems, vibrant societies, modernizing militaries, cutting-edge technologies, rich cultural traditions amid…
