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Looking for Balance : China, the United States, and Power Balancing in East Asia.

Debate surrounding "China's rise," and the prospects of its possible challenge to America's preeminence in international relations in East Asia, has focused on two questions, rooted in power-balancing theory: whether the United States should "contain" or "engage&qu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chan, Steve
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Colección:Studies in Asian security.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Debate surrounding "China's rise," and the prospects of its possible challenge to America's preeminence in international relations in East Asia, has focused on two questions, rooted in power-balancing theory: 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. By drawing on alternative theoretic approaches--most especially "balance-of-threat" theory, political economic theory, and theories surrounding regime survival in multilateral rather than bi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (298 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804778473
0804778477