Cross Currents: Regionalism and Nationalism in Northeast Asia

Cross Currents: Regionalism and Nationalism in Northeast Asia
ISBN-10
1931368104
ISBN-13
9781931368100
Series
Cross Currents
Category
Political Science / International Relations / General
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2007
Publisher
Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
Authors
Gi-Wook Shin, Daniel C. Sneider

Description

Northeast Asia stands at a turning point in its history. The key economies of China, Japan, and South Korea are growing increasingly interdependent, and the movement toward regionalism is gaining momentum. Yet interdependency, often set in a global context, also spurs nationalism in all three countries, and elsewhere in East Asia. Northeast Asia today feels the presence of all three complex forces--national, regional, and global--connecting, competing, and colliding in myriad ways. The authors of this book assess current interactions of national and regional forces in Northeast Asia, in the context of U.S. presence in the region. These seemingly contradictory forces must be considered together; the sparks they generate have important policy implications for the United States and for the region as a whole. Constructive reformulation of these interactions is one of Northeast Asia's most pressing contemporary challenges.

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