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: 9780742516953
• ISBN10: 0742516954
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-07
• 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	p. vii
List of Figures	p. ix
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Theory and Practice
Northeast Asia in the Local-Regional-Global Nexus: Multiple Challenges and Contending Explanations	p. 3
Major Power Interaction
China's International Relations: The Political and Security Dimensions	p. 65
China's International Relations: The Economic Dimension	p. 101
Japan's International Relations: The Political and Security Dimensions	p. 135
Japan's International Relations: The Economic Dimension	p. 171
Russian Foreign Policy in Northeast Asia	p. 201
U.S. Foreign Policy in Northeast Asia	p. 225
Flashpoints in the Divided Nations
South Korea's International Relations: Challenges to Developmental Realism?	p. 251
North Korea's International Relations: The Successful Failure?	p. 281
Taiwan's External Relations: Identity versus Security	p. 301
Region Building
The Emerging Northeast Asian Regional Order	p. 331
Index	p. 363
About the Contributors	p. 367
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