Institutional Balancing in the Asia Pacific: Economic interdependence and China's rise

By Kai He

Book Overview

This book examines the strategic interactions among China, the United States, Japan, and Southeast Asian States in the context of China's rise and globalization after the cold war. Engaging the mainstream theoretical debates in international relations, the author introduces a new theoretical framework-institutional realism-to explain the institutionalization of world politics in the Asia-Pacific after the cold war.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041546952X
• ISBN13: 9780415469524
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"