Read more
This book discusses the impact of China's rise on regional order at three levels: Sino-US relations, East Asia's contested sub regions and regional institutions. Sino-US relations provide a framework to examine macro-regional relations. In East Asia's contested sub regions-Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and the eastern Indian Ocean region-the author explores the crucial role regional powers and local states play in maintaining effective governance and stability. The author shows how regional institutions attempt to develop cooperation and shared norms that work toward regional community. The inclusion of leading experts from China, the US, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, and India gives this collection a unique viewpoint, and reveals how China's rise looks from inside and outside China, as well as inside and outside the region.
List of contents
1. The Question of Regional Order in East Asia .- 2. China and East Asian Cooperation: Fundamental Bottlenecks, Recent Problems, and New Orientations .- 3. Remapping Asia's Geopolitical Landscape: China's Rise, US Pivot, and Security Challenges for a Region in Power Transition .- 4. Sino-U.S. Strategic Convergence and Divergence in East Asia .- 5. The United States and Challenges to East Asia's Security Order .- 6. How Stable Is China's Economy? .- 7. US-China Rivalry and South Korea's Strategy .- 8. Formation of Regional Community in East Asia: A Japanese Perspective .- 9. Reconstructing Sino-US Cooperation in North Korea .- 10. Pathways to a Northeast Asian Energy Regime .- 11. ASEAN's Indispensable Role in Regional Construction .- 12. South China Sea Disputes: Litmus Test for China's Peaceful Rise-How US Scholars View South China Sea Issues .- 13. The ASEAN-Centered Cooperative Security Regime in Asia .- 14. The China-India-US Engagement in the Asia-Pacific: Security Implications for East Asian Regionalism .- 15. India's Growing Role in East Asia.
About the author
David Arase is Resident Professor of International Politics at the Hopkins-Nanjing Centre in Nanjing, China. Author of many articles, book chapters, and commentaries, he has published four books, of which the most recent,
The US-Japan Alliance: Balancing Soft and Hard Power in East Asia(co-edited), won the 2011 Ohira Memorial Foundation Special Prize.
Summary
This book discusses the impact of China's rise on regional order at three levels: Sino-US relations, East Asia’s contested sub regions and regional institutions. Sino-US relations provide a framework to examine macro-regional relations. In East Asia’s contested sub regions-Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and the eastern Indian Ocean region—the author explores the crucial role regional powers and local states play in maintaining effective governance and stability. The author shows how regional institutions attempt to develop cooperation and shared norms that work toward regional community. The inclusion of leading experts from China, the US, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, and India gives this collection a unique viewpoint, and reveals how China's rise looks from inside and outside China, as well as inside and outside the region.
