East Asian Multilateralism: Prospects for Regional Stability

by Kent E. Calder, Francis Fukuyama

Overview

While the Iraq war and Middle East conflicts command the attention of the United States and most of the rest of the developed world, fundamental changes are occurring in East Asia. North Korea has tested nuclear weapons, even as it and South Korea have effectively entered a period of tepid détente; relations among China, Japan, and South Korea are a complex mixture of conflict and cooperation; and Japan is developing more forthright security policies, even as it deepens ties with the United States. Together, these developments pose vital questions for world stability and security.

In East Asian Multilateralism, prominent international foreign affairs scholars examine the range of implications of shifting alignments in East Asia. The first part delves into the intraregional dynamics, and the second assesses current economic conditions and policies within individual East Asian states. The third section examines the challenge of regional cooperation from the perspectives of local players, while the fourth analyzes the implications for foreign policy in the United States and in Asia.

This thorough review and assessment charts the preconditions and prospects for deeper multilateralism, poses tough questions about America's security and national interests in the region, and carries a plea for more serious institution-building in the North Pacific, using the ongoing six-party process in talks on North Korea as a point of departure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801888496
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	04/15/2008
Series:	Forum on Constructive Capitalism
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.77(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Francis Fukuyama is the Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The End of History and the Last Man (1992) and State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century (2004). Dr. Fukuyama is director of SAIS's International Development Program, member of the Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and chairman of the editorial board of The American Interest.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Foreign Names and Transliterations
Introduction
Part I: Beyond the Hub and Spokes
Chapter 1. Critical Junctures and the Contours of Northeast Asian Regionalism
Chapter 2. The History and Practice of Unilateralism in East Asia
Chapter 3. The Outlook for Economic Integration in East Asia
Chapter 4. The New Trade Bilateralism in East Asia
Part II: Country Perspectives
Chapter 5. China's Evolving Multilateralism in Asia: The Aussenpolitik and Innenpolitik Explanations
Chapter 6. China and the Impracticality of Closed Regionalism
Chapter 7. Japan and the New Security Structures of Asian Multilateralism
Chapter 8. Korean Perspectives on East Asian Regionalism
Part III: Policy Implications
Chapter 9. A New Order in East Asia?
Chapter 10. The Security Architecture in Asia and American Foreign Policy
Conclusion
Contributors
Index

Editorial Reviews

Assembles an impressive crew of American and American-based policy experts on the subject.

Pacific Affairs - Simon Tay

East Asian Multilateralism provides a comprehensive analysis of the major challenges for the establishment of a multilateral regional order. In particular interest is the additional focus on policy recommendations (for the US diplomacy).

East Asia Integration Studies - Alfred Gerstl

A 'must' for any college-level collection strong in Asian politics.

Midwest Book Review

Assembles an impressive crew of American and American-based policy experts on the subject.

— Simon Tay

Pacific Affairs

The volume is well-organised, readable, and remarkably jargon-free and benefits from a multinational set of contributors with considerable expertise in the region.

— Brian Bridges

Asian Affairs

East Asian Multilateralism provides a comprehensive analysis of the major challenges for the establishment of a multilateral regional order. In particular interest is the additional focus on policy recommendations (for the US diplomacy).

— Alfred Gerstl

East Asia Integration Studies

Aside from its inherent appeal to American policy wonks, the volume offers some interesting thoughts about the theory and practice of multilateralism in east Asia.

— Nicola P. Contessi

International Journal

A 'must' for any college-level collection strong in Asian politics.
—Midwest Book Review

A worthwhile read for anyone interested in recent momentum towards regionalism in East Asia.
—Survival

Aside from its inherent appeal to American policy wonks, the volume offers some interesting thoughts about the theory and practice of multilateralism in east Asia.
—Nicola P. Contessi, International Journal

East Asian Multilateralism provides a comprehensive analysis of the major challenges for the establishment of a multilateral regional order. In particular interest is the additional focus on policy recommendations (for the US diplomacy).
—Alfred Gerstl, East Asia Integration Studies

The volume is well-organised, readable, and remarkably jargon-free and benefits from a multinational set of contributors with considerable expertise in the region.
—Brian Bridges , Asian Affairs

Assembles an impressive crew of American and American-based policy experts on the subject.
—Simon Tay, Pacific Affairs

From the Publisher

The volume is well-organised, readable, and remarkably jargon-free and benefits from a multinational set of contributors with considerable expertise in the region.

Asian Affairs - Brian Bridges

A worthwhile read for anyone interested in recent momentum towards regionalism in East Asia.

Survival

Aside from its inherent appeal to American policy wonks, the volume offers some interesting thoughts about the theory and practice of multilateralism in east Asia.

International Journal - Nicola P. Contessi