Why War in Asia Remains Thinkable

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10802136
AutoresHugh White (autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen50
Número6
Páginas85-104
Fecha de publicación2008-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSurvival (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0039-6338 • E-ISSN: 1468-2699
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00396330802601875
OpenAlexW1970889715
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12

For over 30 years, East Asia has been free of major wars. But East Asia's stable order is based on a unique and remarkable triangular relationship among the region's three biggest powers, and that relationship is now under pressure from China's growth. Asia's future peace will depend on the ability of the United States, China and Japan – and eventually India – to create a new regional order which reflects the emerging economic and power relativities of the Asian Century. Creating a stable new order will require major sacrifices from all three powers: America will have to concede primacy and learn to treat China and Japan as equals; China will have to forgo its own dreams of primacy and accept Japan as a legitimate major power; and Japan will have to accept the costs and complexities of strategic independence. We cannot assume they will meet these challenges successfully

China · Development economics · East Asia · Economics · Economy · Great power · Independence (probability theory · International trade · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Power (physics · Global Political and Social Dynamics · Law · Military History and Strategy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East