1st Edition
Geopolitics and the Western Pacific China, Japan and the US
By Leszek Buszynski
Copyright 2019
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the development of China’s national ambitions under its current leader Xi Jinping and the dilemma they present for the United States and also Japan. It emphasises the importance of geopolitics, that is the way national strategies and policies are shaped and in some cases determined by geographic location. Focusing especially on China’s national rejuvenation and its rapidly... Read more
Chapter one: Geopolitics
Chapter two: Domestic drivers of China’s geopolitics
Chapter three: The geopolitics of the South China Sea: China’s claim
Chapter four: The geopolitics and the South China Sea: China’s strategic interest
Chapter five: The geopolitics of the Korean Peninsula: great power rivalry
Chapter six: The geopolitics of the Korean Peninsula: North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles
Chapter seven: Geopolitics and Japan
Chapter eight: The geopolitics of the US and the Western Pacific
The future
Biography
Leszek Buszynski is a Visiting Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University.
