Bush and Asia: America's Evolving Relations with East Asia (Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series)

✍ Scribed by Beeson

• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 288
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Bringing together a number of recognized international experts, this book considers the impact of changes in American foreign policy on the East Asian region, as well as the evolving nature of American policy itself. Specific case studies consider America's relations with the most important countries of the region, including China, a potential strategic rival, Japan, still the second largest economy in the world, and Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country. These case studies and others are complemented with more theoretical and thematic considerations of the nature of American hegemony, its historical links to the region, security policy, economic ties, and American attitudes toward emerging East Asian regionalism. Bush and Asia provides a comprehensive introduction to, and analysis of, the Bush administration's relations with what will be the twenty-first century's most dynamic and strategically significant region.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series-Title......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Introduction......Page 10
Part I Themes......Page 18
1. American Ascendancy: Conceptualizing contemporary hegemony......Page 20
2. Hegemonic order, September 11, and the consequences of the Bush revolution......Page 41
3. US economic relations with East Asia: From hegemony to complex interdependence?......Page 59
4. The dog that didn't bark: The Bush administration and East Asian regionalism......Page 81
5. Bush and Asia: The evolving strategic context......Page 97
Part II: Case......Page 112
6. Bush's search for absolute security and the rise of China......Page 114
7. Japan and the Bush agenda: Alignment or divergence?......Page 126
8. Thailand and the United States: Beyond hegemony......Page 145
9. Bush and the Philippines after September 11: Hegemony, mutual opportunism and democratic retreat......Page 162
10. The United States, Bush and Indonesia: Bitter memories, new eggshells......Page 179
11. Malaysia and the United States: Rejecting dominance, embracing engagement......Page 196
12. The contradictions of 'hawk-engagement': An analysis of Wastington's Korea policy......Page 213
13. With friends like these: Reassessing the Australia–US relationship......Page 230
Bibliography......Page 245
Index......Page 275