China, The United States, and the Future of Southeast Asia : U.S.-China Relations, Volume II /

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Denoon, David, Editor.

Series:

U.S.-China relations ; v. 2

U.S.-China Relations ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--China.

United States.

China--Foreign relations--United States.

China.

Asia, Central--Foreign relations.

Asia, Central.

Southeast Asia--Foreign relations.

Southeast Asia.

Latin America--Foreign relations.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, 2017

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Distinguished experts explain the economic trends and varied political goals at work in Southeast Asia. With China’s emergence as a powerful entity in Southeast Asia, the region has become an unlikely site of conflict between two of the world’s great powers. The United States, historically regarded as the protector of Pacific Southeast Asia—consisting of nations such as Vietnam, the Philippines, Myanmar, and Malaysia—is now called upon to respond to what many would consider bullying on the part of the Chinese. These and other countries have become the economic and political engine of China. While certainly inclined to help the country’s former allies, the United States has grown undeniably closer to China in the recent decades of global interconnected economic growth. China, the United States, and the Future of Southeast Asia uncovers and delves into the complicated dynamics of this situation. Covering topics such as the controversial response to human rights violations, the effects of global economic interconnectedness, and contested sovereignty over resource-rich islands, this volume provides a modern and nuanced perspective on the state of the region. For anyone interested in understanding the evolving global balance of power, China, the United States, and the Future of Southeast Asia illuminates how countries as different as Thailand and Indonesia see the growing competition between Beijing and Washington. Distinguished experts explain the economic trends and varied political goals at work in Southeast Asia. With China’s emergence as a powerful entity in Southeast Asia, the region has become an unlikely site of conflict between two of the world’s great powers. The United States, historically regarded as the protector of Pacific Southeast Asia—consisting of nations such as Vietnam, the Philippines, Myanmar, and Malaysia—is now called upon to respond to what many would consider bullying on the part of the Chinese. These and other countries have become the economic and political engine of China. While certainly inclined to help the country’s former allies, the United States has grown undeniably closer to China in the recent decades of global interconnected economic growth. China, the United States, and the Future of Southeast Asia uncovers and delves into the complicated dynamics of this situation. Covering topics such as the controversial response to human rights violations, the effects of global economic interconnectedness, and contested sovereignty over resource-rich islands, this volume provides a modern and nuanced perspective on the state of the region. For anyone interested in understanding the evolving global balance of power, China, the United States, and the Future of Southeast Asia illuminates how countries as different as Thailand and Indonesia see the growing competition between Beijing and Washington.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Southeast Asia: thriving in the shadow of giants

2. Asean’s external policy: caught between the united states and china

3. Nontraditional security threats in Asean and beyond

4. Pragmatic equidistance: how Indonesia manages its great power relations

5. Economic and strategic trends in southeast Asia: the view from Singapore

6. Tightrope walking over the sea of trouble: Vietnam’s foreign policy, maritime strategy, and relations with china and the united states

7. Not between Scylla and Charybdis: Malaysia’s relations with china and the united states

8. The mainland minus one: power dynamics in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar

9. Japan’s relationship with southeast Asia: the perpetual potential partner

10. India and southeast Asia: from looking to acting east policy

11. China’s economic approach to asea

12. China and the united states in southeast Asia

13. U.s. security strategy and southeast Asia

14. U.s. policy options in the south china sea

Conclusion

About the contributors

Index

Notes:

Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

1-4798-2630-8

OCLC:

1007994277