Preface | p. vii |
Overview | |
Introduction | p. 3 |
America's Stakes in Asia | p. 4 |
Major Challenges Ahead | p. 6 |
September 11--Asian Aftershocks | p. 8 |
United States | p. 17 |
Early Innovations of the Bush Administration | p. 18 |
September 11: Impact and Response | p. 28 |
Reverberations and Aftershocks | p. 30 |
Looking Ahead: Risks and Opportunities | p. 39 |
Regional Studies | |
China | p. 51 |
Beijing's Strategic Priorities | p. 53 |
Understanding the PRC's Response to September 11 | p. 54 |
Potential Roadblocks to Long-term PRC Cooperation with the United States | p. 61 |
Arms Control, Proliferation, and the Danger to U.S.-China Relations | p. 67 |
Long-term Trends across the Strait and the Pacific | p. 68 |
Challenges for China's Economy | p. 75 |
Will Succession Politics, Political Reform, or Economic Interdependence Solve the Taiwan Issue? | p. 78 |
Conclusion | p. 81 |
Japan | p. 95 |
Change at Last or Change at Least? | p. 96 |
Baseline: Comprehensive Security and the Dual Hedge | p. 98 |
September 11 and the Afghan War | p. 101 |
Continuing Asian Developments | p. 107 |
Japan and the "Axis of Evil" | p. 116 |
Domestic Politics and the Long-term Prospects for Foreign Policy Change | p. 120 |
Conclusion: Baseline Revisited | p. 122 |
Korea | p. 131 |
Korea's Current Season of Calm | p. 131 |
Northeast Asian Security Relations after September 11: The Doughnut and the Hole | p. 135 |
Pyongyang's Waiting Game | p. 145 |
Seoul's Sunshine Policy: Torn Between Washington and Pyongyang | p. 152 |
Washington: Korea Policy on Hold | p. 164 |
Pressures for Change | p. 169 |
Russia | p. 183 |
The Realities Behind Russia's Asia Policy | p. 184 |
The Baseline: Russia's "Multipolar" Policy | p. 191 |
The Turn: September 11 in Context | p. 198 |
Russia in Asia after the Turn | p. 207 |
Conclusion | p. 216 |
Central Asia | p. 223 |
Central Asia's Second Chance | p. 224 |
Creating Nations in Central Asia: The First Decade | p. 227 |
The Geopolitics of Central Asia before September 11 | p. 239 |
The Geopolitics of Central Asia after September 11 | p. 248 |
Conclusion: Whither Central Asia? | p. 253 |
South Asia | p. 263 |
Before September 11: A Strategic Snapshot | p. 264 |
Consequences for South Asia | p. 268 |
The Compound Crisis of 2002 | p. 281 |
U.S. Policy: Old Problems, New Opportunities | p. 299 |
Southeast Asia | p. 309 |
Southeast Asia and the War on Terrorism | p. 311 |
Radical Islam: The Region's New Security Challenge | p. 314 |
The Core ASEAN States, U.S. Actions, and the Security Challenge of Islamist Radicalism | p. 319 |
Prospects for Regional Cooperation in the War against Terrorism | p. 333 |
Major External Actors and Southeast Asian Security | p. 337 |
Conclusion | p. 340 |
Special Study | |
Islam and Asian Security | p. 351 |
Legacy | p. 354 |
Religious Reform and Resurgence | p. 356 |
Radicalization | p. 358 |
Central Asia | p. 361 |
China--Xinjiang | p. 367 |
Pakistan and India | p. 370 |
Muslim Southeast Asia | p. 373 |
Prospects and Policy | p. 382 |
Indicators | |
Strategic Asia by the Numbers | p. 395 |
Long-term Trends and Short-term Indicators: Major Asian Powers | p. 396 |
Northeast Asia | p. 400 |
Central Asia | p. 404 |
South Asia | p. 408 |
Southeast Asia | p. 412 |
Index | p. 417 |
About the Authors | p. 427 |
About NBR | p. 431 |
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