The United States and Asia

Regional Dynamics and Twenty-First-Century Relations, Second Edition

Robert G. Sutter

Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this cogent book provides an overview of the historical context and enduring patterns of U.S. relations with Asia. Noted scholar Robert G. Sutter offers a balanced analysis of post–Cold War dynamics in Asia, which involve interrelated questions of security, economics, national identity, and regional institution building. He demonstrates how these critical concerns manifest a complex mix of realist, liberal, and constructivist tendencies that define the regional order. He describes how the United States has responded to Asia’s growing strength and importance while at the same time trying to maintain its leading position as an Asian power despite China’s rising influence. Considering the most important transition in American policy toward Asia since the end of the Cold War, Sutter assesses the growing U.S.-China rivalry that now dominates both regional dynamics in the Asia-Pacific and U.S. policy in the region.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 362 • Trim: 6¼ x 9

978-1-5381-2644-8 • Hardback • October 2019 • $122.00 • (£94.00)

978-1-5381-2645-5 • Paperback • October 2019 • $50.00 • (£38.00)

978-1-5381-2646-2 • eBook • October 2019 • $47.50 • (£37.00)

Series: Asia in World Politics

Subjects: Political Science / Public Policy / General, Political Science / Security (National & International), Political Science / World / Asian

Courses: Political Science; International Relations; Foreign Policy; Comparative, Political Science; International Relations; Foreign Policy; Asian, International & Area Studies; Asian Studies; China; Politics, Political Science; Comparative Politics; Government & Politics; Asia, Political Science; International Relations; Foreign Policy; American

The United States and Asia

Regional Dynamics and Twenty-First-Century Relations, Second Edition

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Summary

Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this cogent book provides an overview of the historical context and enduring patterns of U.S. relations with Asia. Noted scholar Robert G. Sutter offers a balanced analysis of post–Cold War dynamics in Asia, which involve interrelated questions of security, economics, national identity, and regional institution building. He demonstrates how these critical concerns manifest a complex mix of realist, liberal, and constructivist tendencies that define the regional order. He describes how the United States has responded to Asia’s growing strength and importance while at the same time trying to maintain its leading position as an Asian power despite China’s rising influence. Considering the most important transition in American policy toward Asia since the end of the Cold War, Sutter assesses the growing U.S.-China rivalry that now dominates both regional dynamics in the Asia-Pacific and U.S. policy in the region.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 362 • Trim: 6¼ x 9

978-1-5381-2644-8 • Hardback • October 2019 • $122.00 • (£94.00)

978-1-5381-2645-5 • Paperback • October 2019 • $50.00 • (£38.00)

978-1-5381-2646-2 • eBook • October 2019 • $47.50 • (£37.00)

Series: Asia in World Politics

Subjects: Political Science / Public Policy / General, Political Science / Security (National & International), Political Science / World / Asian

Courses: Political Science; International Relations; Foreign Policy; Comparative, Political Science; International Relations; Foreign Policy; Asian, International & Area Studies; Asian Studies; China; Politics, Political Science; Comparative Politics; Government & Politics; Asia, Political Science; International Relations; Foreign Policy; American

Author

Robert G. Sutter is professor of practice in international affairs at the Elliott School of George Washington University.

Table of Contents

Acronyms

1 Introduction

2 Historical Lessons and the Evolution of U.S. Relations with the Asia-Pacific

3 Post–Cold War Developments

4 Asia, Obama’s Rebalance, and the Ascendance of Donald Trump

5 Status and Outlook of U.S. Relations with China

6 U.S. Relations with Korea

7 U.S. Relations with Japan

8 U.S. Relations with Southeast Asia and the Pacific

9 U.S. Relations with South Asia

10 U.S. Relations with Central Asia, Mongolia, and Russia in Asia

11 China Rivalry, U.S. Leadership, and Asia’s Contested Balance of Power

Selected Bibliography

About the Author

Reviews

Bob Sutter is among the best academic analysts of American foreign policy toward Asia. Adding to his first edition, this volume provides an insightful, up-to-date assessment of the continuities and disjunctions of the Trump administration’s unusual approach to Asian affairs.
— Sheldon Simon, Arizona State University

The Trump administration has reshaped Washington’s Asia policy on Beijing, moving decisively to check a rising China. Bob Sutter is supremely qualified to assess and explain this seismic shift in American policy and international relations. Students of Asia and of American foreign policy are well served by the sharp analysis in this book.
— Ming Wan, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

Robert Sutter is the leading expert on U.S.-Asian relations. His latest book combines the insights of a former government analyst with the skills of an academic to provide a fair-minded, careful account that pays due regard to the views of both sides, while making his own views clear. It deserves to reach a very wide audience.
— Michael Yahuda, author of The International Politics of the Asia-Pacific