Looking for Balance e-bog
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Debate surrounding "e;China's rise,"e; and the prospects of its possible challenge to America's preeminence, has focused on two questions: whether the United States should "e;contain"e; or "e;engage"e; China; and whether the rise of Chinese power has inclined other East Asian states to "e;balance"e; against Beijing by alignment with the United States or ramping u...
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302,96 DKK
Forlag
Stanford University Press
Udgivet
15 juli 2013
Længde
304 sider
Genrer
1FP
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780804778473
Debate surrounding "e;China's rise,"e; and the prospects of its possible challenge to America's preeminence, has focused on two questions: whether the United States should "e;contain"e; or "e;engage"e; China; and whether the rise of Chinese power has inclined other East Asian states to "e;balance"e; against Beijing by alignment with the United States or ramping up their military expenditures.By drawing on alternative theoretic approaches-most especially "e;balance-of-threat"e; 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 "e;strategic vision"e; 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.