Powerplay (eBook)

The Origins of the American Alliance System in Asia

Victor Cha (Autor)

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2016
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8343-1 (ISBN)

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Victor D. Cha holds the D. S. Song-Korea Foundation Chair in Government and is the director of Asian Studies at Georgetown University. He is also senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D. C.

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A close look at the evolution of American political alliances in Asia and their futureWhile the American alliance system in Asia has been fundamental to the region's security and prosperity for seven decades, today it encounters challenges from the growth of China-based regional organizations. How was the American alliance system originally established in Asia, and is it currently under threat? How are competing security designs being influenced by the United States and China? In Powerplay, Victor Cha draws from theories about alliances, unipolarity, and regime complexity to examine the evolution of the U.S. alliance system and the reasons for its continued importance in Asia and the world.Cha delves into the fears, motivations, and aspirations of the Truman and Eisenhower presidencies as they contemplated alliances with the Republic of China, Republic of Korea, and Japan at the outset of the Cold War. Their choice of a bilateral "e;hub and spokes"e; security design for Asia was entirely different from the system created in Europe, but it was essential for its time. Cha argues that the alliance system's innovations in the twenty-first century contribute to its resiliency in the face of China's increasing prominence, and that the task for the world is not to choose between American and Chinese institutions, but to maximize stability and economic progress amid Asia's increasingly complex political landscape.Exploring U.S. bilateral relations in Asia after World War II, Powerplay takes an original look at how global alliances are achieved and maintained.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.8.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
• Zusatzinfo: 11 b/w illus., 11 tables
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Anti-Communism • Appeasement • armistice • assistant secretary • Beijing • bilateralism • ceasefire • Chiang Kai-shek • China • China–United States relations • Collective Security • Colonialism • communist revolution • containment • Dean Acheson • Dean Rusk • Disarmament • distrust • domino theory • Douglas MacArthur • Dwight D. Eisenhower • Elpidio Quirino • empire-building • Entrapment • Far Eastern Commission • foreign policy • Foreign policy of the United States • George F. Kennan • George Kennan (explorer) • grand strategy • Great Power • Harry S. Truman • hegemony • Indochina • Indonesia • Informal Empire • Institution • International Relations • International Security • Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98) • Japan–United States relations • John F. Kennedy • John Foster Dulles • Korea • Korean Conflict • Korean Peninsula • language • Mainland China • Malaysia • Marshall Plan • Member State • military alliance • military occupation • Military Operation • Multilateralism • Mutual Defense Treaty (United States – Philippines) • Myanmar • National interest • national security • Northeast Asia • North Korea • NSC-68 • nuclear weapon • occupation of japan • On China • Pacific Ocean • Peace treaty • Philippines • Polarity (international relations) • Policy Planning Staff (United States) • Postwar Japan • President Of South Korea • Princeton University Press • proclamation • Racism • ratification • Robert Jervis • security dilemma • Seoul • Small power • Southeast Asia • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization • South Korea • Sovereignty • Soviet Union • surrender of japan • Syngman Rhee • Thailand • Treaty • Treaty of San Francisco • United States • United States Department of State • Walter Judd (politician) • war • War Crime • Western Europe • West Germany • Westphalian Sovereignty • World War II • World war III
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8343-1 / 1400883431
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8343-1 / 9781400883431