Bush and Asia America's Evolving Relations with East Asia [Hardcover]

Bringing together a number of recognized international experts, this book considers the impact of changes in American foreign policy on the East Asian region, as well as the evolving nature of American policy itself. Specific case studies consider America's relations with the most important countries of the region, including China, a potential strategic rival, Japan, still the second largest economy in the world, and Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country. These case studies and others are complemented with more theoretical and thematic considerations of the nature of American hegemony, its historical links to the region, security policy, economic ties, and American attitudes toward emerging East Asian regionalism.

Bush and Asiaprovides a comprehensive introduction to, and analysis of, the Bush administration's relations with what will be the twenty-first century's most dynamic and strategically significant region.

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. Chinas 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&al“)