Asia's New World Order

by George Yu

Overview

The disintegration of the former Soviet Union, the end of the cold war and the trend of economic developmental "miracles" in disparate regions of the globe have brought a vast transformation to the political, economic, and security configurations of the world. Gone is the bipolar world of superpower rivalry, replaced by new international patterns and trends.
Nowhere is the transformation more striking than in East and Southeast Asia, the region which includes China, Japan, the "four tigers" of Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan, and the emerging powers of Southeast Asia. The regional transformation in turn has extended beyond the region itself, profoundly affecting global politics and international relations.
Asia's New World Order traces the overall political, economic, and security developments of the region. The contributors look beyond the customary fixation on great powers to examine developments in the lesser powers, and to search for unforeseen policy implications and directions for the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814796849
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	03/01/1997
Pages:	227
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

George T. Yu teaches at the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Editorial Reviews

Emerging from a program undertaken by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations and financed by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, eight studies examine the political, economic, and security developments of east Asia and implications for the US. Among the topics are the relevance of the Japanese experience to democracy in the region, capitalism and The Miracle, the politics of Korean reunification, Taiwan, and economic growth and its political implications. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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