Enduring rivalries in the Asia-Pacific [electronic resource] / Steve Chan.
2013
JZ1980 .C53 2013
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Title
Enduring rivalries in the Asia-Pacific [electronic resource] / Steve Chan.
Author
Chan, Steve.
ISBN
9781107041431
9781107421509 (electronic book)
9781107421509 (electronic book)
Imprint
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 234 p.
Call Number
JZ1980 .C53 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
327.5
Summary
"Enduring rivalries recurrently ensnare states in militarized disputes and wars. Are they poised to intensify in the Asia-Pacific, a region characterized by regime and cultural differences, territorial contests, and competing nationalist and regime claims? It is often argued that these conditions and recent power shifts are likely to lead to conflict escalation and contagion, especially in Sino-American relations. Steve Chan's book challenges this common view and argues instead that Asia-Pacific rivalries are likely to be held in abeyance. He suggests that the majority of leaders in the region wish to base their political legitimacy on their economic performance rather than popular mobilization against foreign enemies. Economic interdependence and political multilateralism have restrained and in some cases reversed rivalries. Although Asia-Pacific states will continue to quarrel, Chan argues that their relations are more stable today than at any other time since 1945"-- Provided by publisher.
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Machine generated contents note: 1. What about enduring rivalries?; 2. Protracted conflicts between asymmetric dyads; 3. Interstate acrimony in the Asia-Pacific; 4. Polarity, polarization and power shifts; 5. Incentives for conflict: fuses and firebreaks; 6. Economics trumps politics; 7. Adding agency to structure; 8. Wither Asia-Pacific rivalries?.