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Kent Calder is currently director of the Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at Johns Hopkins University SAIS, and a globally recognized specialist on East Asian security and political economy. He has previously served as Special Advisor to the US Ambassador to Japan; as well as Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and held teaching and research positions at Princeton University; Harvard University; Seoul National University; Nanyang University in Singapore; and Yangon University in Myanmar. Calder is the author of twelve books dealing with East Asian political economy and global relationships, and the recipient of major awards, including Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun, the Arisawa and Ohira Prizes in East Asian Studies, and a Financial Times Book of the Year award.
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Introduction
1 The Strategic Geography of Eurasia's Sea Lanes
2 The Changing Geo-Economics of the Sea Lanes
3 Linking Land and Sea: the Transformation of Eurasia's Rimlands
4 Guardians at the Gate: The Anglo-Saxons and the Indo-Pacific
5 The Challenger: China and Eurasia's Sea Lanes
6 The Stem of Victory: Infrastructure and the Sea Lanes
7 The Changing Chessboard of Sea-Lane Geopolitics
8 Shadows and Critical Uncertainties
9 Prospects and Policy Implications
Notes
Bibliography
Index