Getting the Triangle Straight : Managing China-Japan-U. S. Relations

by Curtis, Gerald; Kokoburn, Ryosei; Jisi, Wang

• ISBN13: 9784889070804
• ISBN10: 488907080X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-01
• Publisher: Brookings Inst Pr

Summary

As the balance of power in Asia shifts, relations among China, Japan, and the United States are becoming increasingly important for the future of the region as well as for the rest of the world. Trilateral relationships tend to be unstable, but the dynamics of China-Japan-U.S. relations are further complicated by historical enmities, differing systems of governance, competition in the economic and security realms, and growing interdependence.While most studies of these countries focus on their bilateral ties, Getting the Triangle Straightturns its attention to the ways in which they relate to one another in a trilateral context. In this volume, three leading experts from China, Japan, and the United States are joined by nine younger, emerging scholars to analyze the relationship and offer recommendations for better managing the volatile dynamics of trilateral relations.Contributors include Rumi Aoyama (Waseda University), Gerald Curtis (Columbia University), Fan Shiming (Peking University), M. Taylor Fravel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Gui Yongtao (Peking University), Ryosei Kokubun (Keio University), Yasuhiro Matsuda (National Institute of Defense Studies), Andrew Oros (Washington College), Sadia Pekkanen (University of Washington), Katsuhiro Sasuga (Tokai University), Wang Jisi (Peking University), and Zhang Haibin (Peking University).

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. i
The Trilateral Dynamics of China-Japan-US Relations
Getting the Triangle Straight: China, Japan, and the United States in an Era of Change	p. 3
The China-Japan-US Triangle: A Power Balance Analysis	p. 22
The China-Japan Relationship, East Asia Community, and the Dynamics of Trilateral Relations	p. 44
Trilateral Relations and Regional Security
China-Japan-US Relations and Northeast Asia's Evolving Security Architecture	p. 73
Prospects for Trilateral Security Cooperation	p. 96
Managing Challenges to Trilateral Relations
Taiwan in the China-Japan-US Triangle	p. 123
Explaining Stability in the Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands Dispute	p. 144
Addressing Climate Change: Why US-China Cooperation Lags behind China-Japan Cooperation	p. 165
Economic Integration and Trilateral Relations
Asianism Rising: Assessing China-Japan-US Dynamics in Regional Trade and Investment Realities	p. 191
Cooperation and Competition in the Chinese Automobile Industry: The Emerging Architecture of China-Japan-US Economic Relations	p. 216
Mutual Perceptions in China-Japan-US Relations
Changing Japanese Perceptions and China-Japan Relations	p. 247
Chinese Public Perceptions of Japan and the United States in the Post-Cold War Era	p. 269
About the Contributors	p. 292
Index	p. 293
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