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Author Medeiros, Evan S., author.

Title Pacific currents : the responses of U.S. allies and security partners in East Asia to China's rise / Evan S. Medeiros, Keith Crane, Eric Heginbotham, Norman D. Levin, Julia F. Lowell, Angel Rabasa, Somi Seong.

Imprint Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 279 pages) : color illustrations, color map
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
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Series Rand Corporation monograph series
Rand Corporation monograph series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-279).
Access Some versions: Open access versions available from some providers Unrestricted online access star
Note Print version record.
Contents Introduction -- China's changing economic relations with Asia -- Japan -- South Korea -- The Philippines -- Thailand -- Singapore -- Australia -- Conclusions.
Summary China's economic, military, and diplomatic power has been on the rise, and many worry that it is nudging aside U.S. influence in the Asia-Pacific region. To explore this issue, the authors examined six specific U.S. allies and partners--Australia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand. From extensive in-country interviews, trade and poll data, etc., they examined the responses in each nation to China's rise and assessed the implications for U.S. regional security interests. The six nations see China primarily as a source of economic opportunity, but many have concerns about China's regional goals. They want China to be engaged regionally in productive ways but do not want to allow it to become dominant. They find U.S. security commitments reassuring, bolstering their ability to engage China with confidence. The six nations clearly want U.S. involvement in the region to continue--but sometimes only in certain ways, at certain times, and on particular issues. Thus, they are pulling China closer for the economic opportunities it offers and the United States closer for the general reassurance its long-standing power and influence provide.--Publisher description.
Language English.
Subject Pacific Area -- Foreign relations -- China.
China -- Foreign relations -- Pacific Area.
Pacific Area -- Foreign relations -- 21st century.
China -- Foreign relations -- 21st century.
National security -- Pacific Area.
National security -- United States.
National security -- International cooperation.
Security, International -- Pacific Area.
Pacifique, Région du -- Relations extérieures -- Chine.
Chine -- Relations extérieures -- Pacifique, Région du.
Pacifique, Région du -- Relations extérieures -- 21e siècle.
Chine -- Relations extérieures -- 21e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Globalization.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Diplomatic relations
National security
National security -- International cooperation
Security, International
China https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrd4RjtCBk4wfMhTwwG3
Pacific Area
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Internationale Politik
Südostasien
China
USA
Ostasien
Australien
international relations -- Pacific -- China.
China -- foreign policy.
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Added Author Crane, Keith, author.
Heginbotham, Eric, author.
Levin, Norman D., author.
Lowell, Julia, 1961- author.
Rabasa, Angel, author.
Sng, So-mi, author.
In: Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR
Other Form: Print version: Pacific currents. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2008 9780833044648 0833044648 (DLC) 2008043550 (OCoLC)263300366
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