Asia's New World Order [Hardcover]

Nowhere is the historic global transformation creating a new international context more striking than in East and South Asia. Leading specialists here discuss key economic and political changes within the region, and the impact of the Asian economic miracle on global politics and international relations. Prospects for growth, democracy and security are investigated in depth as well as their implications for other powers in the post cold-war world.Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: Asia and American Foreign Policy; A.Cyr - Democracy in East Asia: The Relevance of Japanese Experience; G.L.Curtis - Capitalism and the East Asian Miracle; R.F.Dernberger - Security Issues: Old Threats, New Threats, No Threats; P.M.Morgan - The Politics of Korean Reunification; B.C.Koh - Taiwan and East Asia; H.Harding - A Virtuous Spiral? Southeast Asian Economic Growth and its Political Implications; D.K.Emmerson - Asia's New Order: Implications for the United States; R.A.Scalapino - Select Bibliography - Index