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Reconsidering the East Asian Peace: Confluences, Regional Characteristics and Societal Transformations book cover

1st Edition

Reconsidering the East Asian Peace Confluences, Regional Characteristics and Societal Transformations

Edited By William R. Thompson, Thomas J. Volgy Copyright 2025
232 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This volume re-examines the notion of the East Asian peace, arguing that it requires updating for the current and near-future context of US-Chinese rivalry. The “East Asian peace” refers to the remarkable change in conflict levels in eastern Eurasia over the past 80 years or even the past 130 years or so. Prior to the late 1970s, East Asia was regarded as the most conflictual region on the... Read more

1.  Re-evaluating the East Asian Peace?

William R. Thompson and Thomas J. Volgy

2. Transformational versus Confluential Peace: The East Asian Peace and How Five Models Work Better Together Than Apart

William R. Thompson 

3. Regional and Extra-regional Conflict in East Asia: An Analysis of Political Events, 1985-2018

Kentaro Sakuwa

4. How Solid Is the Third Leg of the Kantian Triad? Exploring the Relationship between Trade and Peace in East Asia

Eunsong Yoon and Thomas J. Volgy

5. Hierarchy and Political Capacity in East Asia’s Post-Cold War Regional Order

J. Patrick Rhamey. Jr.

6. The East Asian Peace and the Emergence of the Indo-Pacific

Manjeet S. Pardesi

7. Explaining the Rising Chinese Nationalist Revisionism: Implications for Regional Stability

Benjamin Miller

8. Taiwan as a Flash Point: Possible Lessons from the War in Ukraine

Steve Chan and Weixing Hu

9. There Is No East Asian Balancing against China

David C. Kang

10.  Conclusion: Whither the East Asian Peace?

William R. Thompson and Thomas J. Volgy

Biography

William R. Thompson is a Distinguished Professor and the Donald A. Rogers Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Indiana University, USA.

Thomas J. Volgy is a Professor of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona, USA.

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