Summary
Although Northeast Asia could be on the verge of becoming the world’s third great region, expanding economic ties have not been supported by security cooperation and trust.  Gilbert Rozman traces the problems in establishing regionalism over 15 years. Relying on many sources in the languages of the region, he offers a detailed picture of conflicting strategies in China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea.  While covering U.S. globalization policies, he draws attention to debates about bilateral relations in the four countries, along with shifting outcomes over six periods.
– A comprehensive approach to regionalism through balanced coverage of each of the actors and close scrutiny of successive stages
– International relations seen through the lens of Northeast Asian nations and grounded in informative sources in Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Korean
– Treatment of distrust among nations as no less important than security and economic ties