1st Edition

Confronting the Bush Doctrine Critical Views from the Asia-Pacific

Edited By Melvin Gurtov, Peter Van Ness Copyright 2005
304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

There is no doubt that President George W. Bush and his administration have transformed US foreign policy and reshaped global international relations in a very profound way. Many American commentators continue to talk about 9/11 as the day the world changed, but increasingly analysts around the world are concluding that more important than 9/11 have been the ideas that the Bush leadership brought... Read more
Introduction  1. The Bush Doctrine and the North Korean Nuclear Crisis  2. The Bush Nuclear Doctrine in Asia  3. Talking American, Acting Taiwanese  4. The Bush Doctrine: Chinese Perspectives and Responses  5. The Bush Doctrine, Russia and Korea  6. The Bush Doctrine: Japan  7. The Bush Doctrine: Australia  8. The Bush Doctrine: The Dangers of American Exceptionalism in a Revolutionary Age  9. The Bush Doctrine and Asian Regional Order  10. The North Korean Nuclear Crisis  Conclusion

Biography

Peter Van Ness is a Visiting Fellow in the Contemporary China Centre and lectures in the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University.
Melvin Gurtov is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Portland State University, USA.