03668nam 2200661 a 450 991078971130332120231128104407.00-8047-7847-710.1515/9780804778473(CKB)2670000000131488(EBL)820294(OCoLC)768083133(SSID)ssj0000637997(PQKBManifestationID)12295179(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000637997(PQKBWorkID)10708807(PQKB)10327852(StDuBDS)EDZ0000128050(DE-B1597)563801(DE-B1597)9780804778473(Au-PeEL)EBL820294(CaPaEBR)ebr10519783(OCoLC)1178769092(MiAaPQ)EBC820294(EXLCZ)99267000000013148820110307d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLooking for balance[electronic resource] China, the United States, and power balancing in East Asia /Steve ChanStanford, California Stanford University Press20121 online resource (298 p.)Studies in Asian securityDescription based upon print version of record.0-8047-7820-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Balance of power, power balance, and balancing -- Looking for balancing : the non-occurrence of the expected -- The political economy of defense and regime strategy -- Balance-of-power expectations versus credible commitment -- Growth, trust, and historical comparisons -- Preferences, intentions, and multilateralism.Debate surrounding "China's rise," and the prospects of its possible challenge to America's preeminence, has focused on two questions: whether the United States should "contain" or "engage" China; and whether the rise of Chinese power has inclined other East Asian states to "balance" against Beijing by alignment with the United States or ramping up their military expenditures. By drawing on alternative theoretic approaches—most especially "balance-of-threat" theory, political economic theory, and theories of regime survival and economic interdependence, Steve Chan is able to create an explanation of regional developments that differs widely from the traditional "strategic vision" of national interest. He concludes that China's primary aim is not to match U.S. military might or the foreign policy influence that flows from that power, and that its neighbors are not balancing against its rising power because, in today's guns-versus-butter fiscal reality, balancing policies would entail forfeiting possible gains that can accrue from cooperation, economic growth, and the application of GDP to nonmilitary ends. Instead, most East Asian countries have collectively pivoted to a strategy of elite legitimacy and regime survival based on economic performance.Studies in Asian security.Balance of powerEast AsiaForeign relationsChinaChinaForeign relationsEast AsiaEast AsiaForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsEast AsiaChinaForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsChinaBalance of power.327.1/1205Chan Steve245940MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789711303321Looking for balance3714464UNINA