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Major Powers at a Crossroads: Economic Interdependence and an Asia Pacific Security Community

Ming Zhang

		ISBN: 978-1-55587-593-0 $55.00
	1995/223 pages/LC: 95-2153

"A rare attempt to look systematically at the causal relationships among the various influences in the Asia-Pacific region. . . . It is a book that deserves to be widely read and not just by regional specialists."—Australian Journal of International Affairs

"Well argued and abundantly documented."—NOD & Conversion

DESCRIPTION

Is there a relationship between economic interdependence and the cohesion of an Asia Pacific security community? Ming Zhang addresses this controversial question, exploring the potential for the development of a partnership involving China, Japan, Russia, and the United States.

Zhang finds that, after international trade among these four powers started to boom around 1979, their perceptions of one another gradually improved and they became more committed to the idea of a security community. While any concert of Pacific powers should include the ASEAN countries and Australia, he admits, it is not yet certain what role they will play. What is clear is that all of these countries are continuing to move away from confrontation, and the time is ripe for comprehensive regional cooperation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ming Zhang is visiting fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University and research analyst at the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress.

Introduction.
Economic Interdependence: The Economic Condition for a Security Community.
Attitudes Concerning a Security Community in the Asia Pacific Region.
Behavioral Cohesion of a Security Community.
Conclusion.

Major Powers at a Crossroads: Economic Interdependence and an Asia Pacific Security Community

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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