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The Asia-Pacific in the New Millennium

Geopolitics, Security, and Foreign Policy
by Shalendra D. Sharma (Editor)
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Price: $25.00 / £21.00
Publication Date: Jan 2000
Publisher:
Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Imprint: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Title Details:
Rights: World
Pages: 410
ISBN: 9781557292339
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Series:
  • Research Papers and Policy Studies
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About the Book

The post-Cold War era provides both opportunities and challenges to the Asia-Pacific. This volume, drawing on the expertise of a distinguished group of scholars and policy makers, critically examines the dramatic changes taking place in the Asia-Pacific region, their implications for region and global security and stability, and the challenges such changes will present in the new millennium. Using a rich array of conceptual and methodological approaches, the contributors provide a nuanced interpretation and analysis of these complex issues.

About the Author

Shalendra D. Sharma is professor in the Department of Politics at the University of San Francisco. Education: Ph.D. University of Toronto

Table of Contents

Foreword
Barbara K. Bundy

Acknowledgments 

Introduction: An Overview of Asia in the New Millennium
Shalendra D. Sharma

PART ONE: Conceptualizing the Asia-Pacific's Future Direction

1. The Asia-Pacific in the New Millennium
    Robert A. Scalapino

PART TWO: Emergent China

2. Domestic Sources of Chinese Foreign Policy after Deng 
    David Bachman

3. Sino-U.S. Relations: A Chinese Perspective 
    Ni Shixiong

4. China and the Dynamics of the Korean Peninsula 
    Quansheng Zhao

5. Chinese Foreign Policy Entering the Twenty-first Century 
    Allen S. Whiting

PART THREE: Northeast Asia and the CIS 

6. China-Japan Relations 
    Uldis Kruze

7. Japan's Post-Cold War Policy toward China: Attempts at a Broader Relationship 
    David Arase

8. China and Russia Approach the Millennium 
    Lowell Dittmer

9. Tragedy and Hope on the Korean Peninsula 
    Bruce Cumings

PART FOUR: India-Regional and Global Challenges 

10. India's Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World: Searching for a New Model 
    Walter Andersen

11. India and China: Forging a New Relationship 
    Leo E. Rose

12. Nuclear Proliferation in South Asia: Origins, Consequences, and Prospects 
    Sumit Ganguly

PART FIVE: Southeast Asia-Searching for Security and Stability 

13. ASEAN: Challenges of Regional Political and Economic Cooperation 
    Diane K. Mauzy

14. Security Prospects in Southeast Asia in the New Millennium 
    Sheldon Simon

15. The ASEAN Regional Forum and China 
    Rosemary Foot

16. Thailand's Foreign Policy in the New Millennium 
    Kusuma Snitwongse

PART SIX: The Asian Financial Crisis and Beyond 

17. The Asian Financial Crisis: Its Origins, the IMF, and Future Prospects 
    Shalendra D. Sharma

Contributors 

Reviews

"The contributors present an overview of a part of Asia encompassing the major areas of conflict as well as successful economic development….Although events have detracted from the timeliness of some parts of some essays, the volume provides an excellent analysis of some key issues that continue to define the region."—Robert E. Bedeski, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Pacific Affairs

"While the end of the Cold War and its impact on the global geopolitical structure has increased the strategic importance of the Asia-Pacific region in world politics, the challenges facing the region are enormous and complex. Although there are many studies on these issues, no other single book can claim to have both comprehensive and in-depth coverage. This volume nicely combines breadth and depth through a survey of regional trends and examination of country and sub-regional cases.....One of its major strengths is that it exposes readers to a nuanced analysis of complex Asia-Pacific problems from a rich array of conceptual and methodological approaches."—Richard W.X. Hu, University of Hong Kong, Journal of Asian Studies