Enduring rivalries in the Asia-Pacific

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790697503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, : Cambridge University Press, 2013
• ISBN: 1-139-89333-5; 1-107-42542-5; 1-107-42324-4; 1-139-64966-3; 1-107-42013-X; 1-107-41751-1; 1-107-42150-0; 1-107-41881-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): ChanSteve
• Soggetti: Asia Foreign relations; Pacific Area Foreign relations; Asia Foreign economic relations; Pacific Area Foreign economic relations; Asia Economic integration; Pacific Area Economic integration
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. What about enduring rivalries? -- 2. Protracted contestss 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?
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.