1st Edition

Bush and Asia America's Evolving Relations with East Asia

Edited By Mark Beeson Copyright 2006
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The United States is now the most powerful nation in history, and this power has grown since September 11, 2001, forcing nations around the globe to re-evaluate their relationships to the unipolar superpower. Nowhere is this re-evaluation more important than in East Asia, a region that has been defined by American power since the Second World War. Indeed, despite America’s physical distance... Read more

Introduction  1. American Ascendancy: Conceptualizing Contemporary Hegemony Mark Beeson  2. The United States and East Asia: How Much Does the Bush Revolution Matter? Michael Mastunadundo  3. US Economic Relations with East Asia: From Hegemony to Complex Interdependence? John Raven Hill  4. The US and Asian Regionalism Michael Wesley  5. Bush and Asia: the Evolving Strategic Context William Tow  Cases: 6. China’s Response to the Bush Doctrine: Four More Years Peter van Ness  7. Japan and the Bush Agenda: Alignment of Divergence? Aurelia George Mulgan  8. Thailand and the United States: Beyond Hegemony? Michael Conners  9. Bush and the Philippines After S11: Hegemony, Mutual Opportunism and Democratic Retreat Ben Reid  10. The United States and Indonesia: Arrogance Past and Present David Bourchier  11. Malaysia and the United States: Rejecting Dominance, Embracing Engagement Helen Nesadurai  12. The Contradictions of Hawk-Engagement: US Security Policy Towards Korea in the Bush Era Roland Bleiker  13. With Friends Like These: Reassessing the Australia-US Relationship  Bibliography  Index

Biography

Mark Beeson is Senior Lecturer in the School of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Queensland. His research interests centre on the political-economy of East Asia. His latest book is Contemporary Southeast Asia: Regional Dynamics, National Differences.