Geopolitics and the Western Pacific - China, Japan and the Us

This book examines the development of China's national ambitions under its current leader Xi Jinping and the dilemma they present for the United States and Japan. It emphasises the importance of geopolitics and highlights the hard choices faced by the United States as it seeks to protect its geopolitical position in the Western Pacific.

Table des matières

Chapter one: Geopolitics
Chapter two: Domestic drivers of China’s geopolitics
Chapter three: The geopolitics of the South China Sea: China’s claim
Chapter four: The geopolitics and the South China Sea: China’s strategic interest
Chapter five: The geopolitics of the Korean Peninsula: great power rivalry
Chapter six: The geopolitics of the Korean Peninsula: North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles
Chapter seven: Geopolitics and Japan
Chapter eight: The geopolitics of the US and the Western Pacific
The future

A propos de l'auteur

Leszek Buszynski is a Visiting Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University.

Résumé

This book examines the development of China’s national ambitions under its current leader Xi Jinping and the dilemma they present for the United States and Japan. It emphasises the importance of geopolitics and highlights the hard choices faced by the United States as it seeks to protect its geopolitical position in the Western Pacific.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Leszek Buszynski, Leszek (National Security College Buszynski, Buszynski Leszek
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 11.06.2019
• EAN: 9781138477322
• ISBN: 978-1-138-47732-2
• Pages: 212
• Thème: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; USA, Japan, China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Geopolitics, United States of America, USA, Political Geography