The Balance of Power in Asia-Pacific Security: US-China Policies on Regional Order (Politics in Asia)

Investigating the dynamics of balancing patterns in the Asia-Pacific, this book focuses particularly on the contribution of great powers and middle powers to regional stability. Taking the US and China as great powers, and using ASEAN, Russia, Australia and South Korea as example of middle powers, the author addresses the following questions: Do middle powers influence balancing patterns in the Asia-Pacific? Are the United States and China balancing each other in the Asia-Pacific, and if so, by which means? What is the contribution of the English school to understanding balance of power dynamics? The Balance of Power in Asia-Pacific Security makes a persuasive contribution to the debate on the US-China relationship. Interviews with policy practitioners and academics in the region offer a systematic analysis of the complexities of Asia-Pacific security. Providing conceptual insights, this book gives a fresh understanding of the mechanisms necessary to maintain regional stability and explains the implications of US-China power balancing for global security. It will be an important resource for scholars and students of Asia-Pacific politics and security. "The Balance of Power in Asia-Pacific Security presents an analysis of the post-Cold War dynamics of power balancing between the United States and China, and the role great powers and middle powers such as ASEAN, Russia, South Korea, Japan, India and Australia play in this process. It makes a persuasive contribution to the on-going debate on the US-China relationship by showing how divergent US-China policies in key areas such as anti-terror and anti-WMD initiatives, democracy and human rights, the US alliance system and the UN system contribute to unstable patterns of power balancing in the Asia-Pacific. The book looks in detail at Southeast, Central, Northeast and South Asia as the main arenas for US-China competition for influence on the regional security architecture."--Résumé de l'éditeur Book Cover......Page 1 Dedication......Page 7 Title......Page 8 Copyright......Page 9 Contents......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 12 Abbreviations......Page 14 Frontispiece......Page 16 1 Introduction......Page 18 2 Powers, balances of power and coexistence: The views of the first generation of the English school......Page 40 3 Sino-US policies on the use of force in the Asia-Pacific......Page 84 4 Sino-US policies on legitimacy in the Asia-Pacific......Page 132 5 Sino-US policies on institutions in the Asia-Pacific......Page 186 6 Sino-US policies on Asia-Pacific order in the twenty-first century......Page 232 Notes......Page 254 Bibliography......Page 260 Index......Page 282 Investigating into the dynamics of balancing patterns in the Asia-Pacific, this book deals with the debate on the US-China relationship. It gives a fresh understanding of the mechanisms necessary to maintain regional stability and explains the implications of US-China power balancing for global security The book looks in detail at Southeast, Central, Northeast and South Asia as the main arenas for US-China competition for influence on the regional security architecture."--Jacket Investigating into the dynamics of balancing patterns in the Asia-Pacific, this book makes a convincing contribution to the debate on the US-China relationship