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China rising : peace, power, and order in East Asia
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ISBN: 9780231141888 0231141882 9780231512060 0231512066 Year: 2007 Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press,

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"David C. Kang believes certain preferences and beliefs are responsible for maintaining stability in East Asia. Kang's research shows how East Asian states have grown closer to China, with little evidence that the region is rupturing. Rising powers present opportunities as well as threats, and the economic benefits and military threat China poses for its regional neighbors are both potentially huge; however, East Asian states see substantially more advantage than danger in China's rise, making the region more stable, not less. Furthermore, although East Asian states do not unequivocally welcome China in all areas, they are willing to defer judgment regarding what China wants and what its role in East Asia will become. They believe that a strong China stabilizes East Asia, while a weak China tempts other states to try to control the region." "Many scholars downplay the role of ideas and suggest that a rising China will be a destabilizing force in the region, but Kang's argument reveals the flaws in contemporary views of China and the international relations of East Asia and offers a new understanding of the importance of sound U.S. policy in the region."--BOOK JACKET.

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American Grand Strategy and East Asian Security in the Twenty-First Century
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ISBN: 9781107167230 9781316711620 9781316616406 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Cambridge University Press

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East Asia is richer, more integrated and more stable than ever before, whilst East Asian defense spending is now roughly half of what it was in 1990 and shows no sign of increasing. There is no evidence of any Asian arms race. All countries in the region are seeking diplomatic, not military solutions with each other. Yet this East Asia reality still runs counter to a largely Western narrative that views China's rise as a threat and the region as increasingly unstable.The author argues here that American grand strategy should emphasize diplomatic and economic relations with the region, rather than military-first policies. Using longitudinal and comparative data, statistical analysis, and intensive research in selected East Asian countries, he suggests that East Asia is in sync with the American desire to share burdens and that the region may in fact be more stable than popularly believed.

Crony capitalism : corruption and development in South Korea and the Philippines
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ISBN: 1107124654 1280421401 0511176058 0511041918 0511156782 0511304234 0511606176 0511044550 9780511041914 0521808170 9780521808170 052100408X 9780521004084 9780511606175 9780511044557 9780511156786 9786610421404 6610421404 Year: 2002 Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,

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Why has the literature on Asian development not addressed the issue of money politics in Korea? How can we reconcile the view of an efficient developmental state in Korea before 1997 with reports of massive corruption and inefficiency in that same country in 1998 and 1999? Politics is central to the answer. In this book the author makes two arguments. First, both Korea and the Philippines experienced significant corruption throughout the post-independence era. Second, political - not economic - considerations dominated policy making in both countries. Focusing on the exchange of favors for bribes between state and business, the author argues that politics drove policy choices, that bureaucrats were not autonomous from political interference in setting policy, and that business and political elites wrestled with each other over who would reap the rents to be had. Even in Korea, corruption was far greater than the conventional wisdom allows.


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American Grand Strategy and East Asian Security in the Twenty-First Century
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ISBN: 1316731391 1316711625 1316733327 110716723X 1316616401 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press,

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East Asia is richer, more integrated and more stable than ever before, whilst East Asian defense spending is now roughly half of what it was in 1990 and shows no sign of increasing. There is no evidence of any Asian arms race. All countries in the region are seeking diplomatic, not military solutions with each other. Yet this East Asia reality still runs counter to a largely Western narrative that views China's rise as a threat and the region as increasingly unstable. In this important book, David C. Kang argues that American grand strategy should emphasize diplomatic and economic relations with the region, rather than military-first policies. Using longitudinal and comparative data, statistical analysis, and intensive research in selected East Asian countries, he suggests that East Asia is in sync with the American desire to share burdens and that the region may in fact be more stable than popularly believed.


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East Asia before the West : five centuries of trade and tribute
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ISBN: 1282872435 9786612872433 0231526741 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press,

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East Asia in the world : twelve events that shaped the modern international order
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ISBN: 1108807402 1108847889 1108846238 1108479871 1108790895 Year: 2020 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This innovative volume provides an introduction to twelve seminal events in the international relations of East Asia prior to 1900: twelve events that everyone interested in the history of world politics should know. The East Asian historical experience provides a wealth of new and different cases, patterns, and findings that will expand horizons from the Western, Eurocentric experience. Written by an international team of historians and political scientists, these essays draw attention to the China-centered East Asian order - with its long history of dominance - and what this order might tell us about the current epoch.

Nuclear North Korea
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ISBN: 1282871919 9786612871917 0231505337 9780231505338 9780231131285 0231131283 9781282871915 6612871911 Year: 2003 Publisher: New York Columbia University Press

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Coming to the issues from different perspectives, the authors together have written an essential work of clear-eyed reflection and authoritative analysis. They refute a number of misconceptions and challenge faulty thinking that surrounds the discussion of North Korea, most important, the idea that North Korea is an irrational nation. Cha and Kang contend that however provocative, even deplorable, the North's behavior may at times be, it is not incomprehensible or incoherent.


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Engagement with North Korea
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ISBN: 1438427867 1441624090 9781441624093 1438427794 9781438427799 9781438427799 9781438427867 9781438427867 9781438427805 Year: 2009 Publisher: Albany SUNY Press

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How the world deals with North Korea and its nuclear capability will have ramifications for both regional and global stability. Engagement with North Korea examines the still controversial policy strategy known as engagement, which aims to persuade rather than force North Korea to be cooperative. While examining the converging and diverging policies of engagement practiced by the United States, China, Russia, Japan, and South Korea, the contributors to this volume uncover how and to what extent engagement has made some form of progress, and under what conditions it is likely to achieve complete success. In addition to the critical topic of denuclearization, the volume also demonstrates that engagement involves the use of negotiations and incentives in both the economic and the security realms. This volume is essential reading for both students and policy makers concerned about denuclearization in the multilateral context.


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State formation through emulation : the East Asian model
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ISBN: 1009089617 1009098535 1009115324 1009115529 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press,

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Neither war nor preparations for war were the cause or effect of state formation in East Asia. Instead, emulation of China-the hegemon with a civilizational influence-drove the rapid formation of centralized, bureaucratically administered, territorial governments in Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Furthermore, these countries engaged in state-building not to engage in conflict or to suppress revolt. In fact, war was relatively rare and there was no balance of power system with regular existential threats-the longevity of the East Asian dynasties is evidence of both the peacefulness of their neighborhood and their internal stability. We challenge the assumption that the European experience with war and state-making was universal. More importantly, we broaden the scope of state formation in East Asia beyond the study of China itself and show how countries in the region interacted and learned from each other and China to develop strong capacities and stable borders.

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