Strategic Adjustment and the Rise of China: Power and Politics in East Asia

317 Pages·2017·3.15 MB·English

by  Robert S Ross

Strategic Adjustment and the Rise of China
a volume in the series
Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
edited by Robert J. Art, Robert Jervis, and Stephen M. Walt
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Strategic
Adjustment
and the Rise
of China
Power and Politics in East Asia
Edited by
Robert S. Ross
and Øystein Tunsjø
Cornell University Press
Ithaca and London
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Ross, Robert S., 1954– editor. | Tunsjø, Øystein, editor.
Title: Strategic adjustment and the rise of China: power and politics in
East Asia/edited by Robert S. Ross and Øystein Tunsjø.
Other titles: Cornell studies in security affairs.
Description: Ithaca; London: Cornell University Press, 2017. |
Series: Cornell studies in security affairs | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016057396 (print) | LCCN 2016059916 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781501709180 (cloth: alk. paper) | ISBN 9781501709197
(pbk.: alk. paper) | ISBN 9781501712760 (ret) |
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Subjects: LCSH: China—Foreign relations—21st century. |
East Asia—Foreign relations—21st century.
Classification: LCC DS779.47 .S79 2017 (print) | LCC DS779.47
(ebook) | DDC 355/.033051—dc23
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Contents
List of Contributors vii
Acknowl edgments ix
Introduction 1
robert s. ross and øystein tunsjø
PART I. POWER AND POLITICS IN THE EAST ASIAN TRANSITION
1. Domestic Politics and Nationalism in
East Asian Security 15
randall l. schweller
2. U.S.- China Relations: From Unipolar Hedging
toward Bipolar Balancing 41
øystein tunsjø
3. Perception, Misperception, and Sensitivity:
Chinese Economic Power and Preferences after the
2008 Financial Crisis 69
daniel w. drezner
4. Two Asias? China’s Rise, Dual Structure, and the Alliance
System in East Asia 100
wang dong
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Contents
PART II. JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, AND THE RISE OF CHINA:
NATIONAL SECURITY AND NATIONALISM
5. Protecting the Status Quo: Japan’s Response
to the Rise of China 137
ian bowers and bjørn elias mikalsen grønning
6. Popu lar Nationalism and Economic Interests
in China’s Japan Policy 169
James Reilly
7. China’s Rise and Security Dynamics on the
Korean Peninsula 196
chung-in moon
PART III. GREAT POWER RELATIONS AND REGIONAL CONFLICT
8. Threading the Needle: The South China Sea Disputes
and U.S.- China Relations 233
m. taylor fravel
9. The United States and China in Northeast Asia:
Third- Party Coercion and Alliance Relations 261
robert s. ross
Conclusion: East Asia at the Center: Power Shifts
and Theory 285
øystein tunsjø
Index 299
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Contributors
Ian Bowers is an assistant professor at the Norwegian Defence University
College and the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher
School, Tufts University, a nonresident se nior fellow at the Brookings Insti-
tution, and a contributing editor at the Washington Post.
M. Taylor Fravel is an associate professor of po liti cal science and member of
the Security Studies Program at the Mas sa chus etts Institute of Technology.
Bjørn Elias Mikalsen Grønning is a research fellow at the Norwegian De-
fence University College and the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies.
Chung-in Moon is a professor at the Department of Po liti cal Science, Yonsei
University, and chairman of the Presidential Committee on Northeast Asia
Cooperation Initiative, Republic of Korea.
James Reilly is a se nior lecturer in Northeast Asian politics in the Depart-
ment of Government and International Relations at the University of
Sydney.
Robert S. Ross is a professor of po liti cal science at Boston College and an
associate at the John King Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard
University.
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Contributors
Randall L. Schweller is a professor of po liti cal science and a Joan N. Huber
Faculty Fellow in social and behavioral sciences at Ohio State University.
Øystein Tunsjø is a professor of international politics at the Norwegian De-
fence University College and the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies.
Wang Dong is an associate professor and the director of the Center for
Northeast Asian Strategic Studies at Peking University.
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Acknowl edgments
The editors are grateful to the Norwegian Embassy in Beijing, and to the
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defence, for the
financial support that made this proje ct pos si ble. They also appreciate
the assistance and staff support from the School of International Studies,
Peking University, which contributed to the success of the conference in
Beijing in 2013, and the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, which
hosted a second conference in Oslo in 2014.
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