The International Relations of Northeast Asia

by Kim, Samuel S.; Berger, Thomas; Calder, Kent E.; Dittmer, Lowell; Grimes, William W.; Johnston, Alastair Iain; Eliot Kang, C S.; Kim, Taehwan; Moon, Chung-in; Moore, Thomas G.; Rozman, Gilbert; White III, Lynn T.

• ISBN13: 9780742516946
• ISBN10: 0742516946
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-14
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This authoritative work explores the complex and evolving interplay among national, regional, and global forces influencing Northeast Asia's security, economy, and identity. Written by a team of leading scholars, the book presents a variety of theoretical perspectives and case studies to offer a comprehensive analysis of the pressures that shape the policy choices of China, Russia, Japan, the United States, North and South Korea, and Taiwan. The authors' historically and culturally informed narratives help track and explain the changes and continuities of relationships within the region and with the United States and Russia. Concise and current, this book will be essential reading for all those concerned with the role of a changing Northeast Asia in world politics.

Author Biography

Samuel S. Kim teaches in the Department of Political Science and is a senior research scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii
List of Figures	ix
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations	xi
Preface	xiii
Part I: Theory and Practice
1 Northeast Asia in the Local-Regional-Global Nexus: Multiple Challenges and Contending Explanations	3	(62)
Samuel S. Kim
Part II: Major Power Interaction
2 China's International Relations: The Political and Security Dimensions	65	(36)
Alastair Iain Johnston
3 China's International Relations: The Economic Dimension	101	(34)
Thomas G. Moore
4 Japan's International Relations: The Political and Security Dimensions	135	(36)
Thomas Berger
5 Japan's International Relations: The Economic Dimension	171	(30)
William W. Grimes
6 Russian Foreign Policy in Northeast Asia	201	(24)
Gilbert Rozman
7 U.S. Foreign Policy in Northeast Asia	225	(26)
Kent E. Calder
Part III: Flashpoints in the Divided Nations
8 South Korea's International Relations: Challenges to Developmental Realism?	251	(30)
Chung-in Moon and Taehwan Kim
9 North Korea's International Relations: The Successful Failure?	281	(20)
C.S. Eliot Kang
10 Taiwan's External Relations: Identity versus Security	301	(30)
Lynn T. White III
Part IV: Region Building
11 The Emerging Northeast Asian Regional Order	331	(32)
Lowell Dittmer
Index	363	(4)
About the Contributors	367