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This book analyzes the structural dynamics of the Sino-American-Japanese triangular relationship by exploring how the 1971 Nixon-Kissinger announcement to pursue reapprochment with the People's Republic of China (PRC), in the context of the overal detente strategy, fundamentally altered the U.S.-Japanese relationship. It argues that the systematic structure of international relations in East Asia during the detente period was similar in significant ways to today's post-Cold War period. Highlighting the importance of China to U.S. policy options towards East Asia enables us to provide a more informed perspective on future directions of the Sino-U.S.-Japanese triangular relationship in the twenty-first century.
List of contents
1. Introduction: Détente and the Sino-American-Japanese Triangle 2. The Alliance Dilemma and the Structural Dynamics of Triangles 3. The Emergence of the Sino-American-Japanese "Romantic Triangle" 4. Japanese Economic Submission to the United States: A Response to the "Alliance Dilemma" 5. Sino-Japanese Normalization and the End of the American "Romantic Triangle" 6. Japan's Pursuit of Independence in Foreign Policy: A New Response to the "Alliance Dilemma" 7. Conclusion: An Analogy of the Triangle Between the Détente Period and Today
About the author
Go Ito is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at Meiji University.
Summary
This book analyzes the structural dynamics of the Sino-American-Japanese triangular relationship by exploring how the 1971 Nixon-Kissinger announcement to pursue reapprochment with the People's Republic of China (PRC), in the context of the overal detente strategy, fundamentally altered the U.S.-Japanese relationship. It argues that the systematic structure of international relations in East Asia during the detente period was similar in significant ways to today's post-Cold War period. Highlighting the importance of China to U.S. policy options towards East Asia enables us to provide a more informed perspective on future directions of the Sino-U.S.-Japanese triangular relationship in the twenty-first century.
