The Troubled Triangle: Economic and Security Concerns for The United States, Japan, and China [Hardcover]

The US, China, and Japan form a 'troubled triangle,' with each country negotiating its foreign policy toward the other two in response to economic and security pressures that operate as an interrelated duality. Written by international relations experts, this book examines how the three countries respond to this set of pressures and to each other.1. Introductory; Takashi Inoguchi and G. John Ikenberry 2. East Asia and Liberal International Order: Hegemony, Balance, and Consent in the Shaping of East Asian Regional Order; G. John Ikenberry 3. Japan's Foreign Policy Line after the Cold War; Takashi Inoguchi 4. Peaceful Rise, Multipolarity and China's Foreign Policy Line; Zhongqi Pan and Zhimin Chen 5. Japan's U.S. Policy under DPJ and Its Domestic Background: Still Recovering from the Unarticulated 'Changes'; Yoichiro Sato 6. China' United States policy and its domestic backgrounds; Jia Qingguo 7. Sibling Rivalry? Domestic Politics and the US-Japan Alliance; David Leheny 8. China's Japan Policy and its Domestic Background; Liu Jiangyong 9. Japan, China and the American 'Pivot': A Triangular Analysis; Lowell Dittmer 10. Japanese policy toward China; Emi Mifune

The Troubled Triangle provides a penetrating and provocative analysis of the disturbing dynamics driving the relations among United States, China, and Japan. It dissects the deeper causes of strategic distrust and competition and highlights the fragility of peace and economic interdependence in East Asia. The authors of the book offer a sobering assessment of the risks of full-blown strategic rivalry between a China seeking regional pre-eminence and a U.S.-Japan alliance intent upon maintaining the current regional order. Those who want to understand the rising tensions in East Asia must read this timely and invaluable book.

Minxin Pei, Claremont McKenna College

In this volume are chapters by some of the top experts on international relations in the region in eachl“~