Asia-Pacific in the New World Order

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1 A 7X2 Asia-Pacific in the New World Order Edited by Anthony McGrew and Christopher Brook London and New York in association with TheOpen University

2 CONTENTS PREFACE x INTRODUCTION 1 Anthony McGrew and Christopher Brook 1 Analysis, structure and argument 2 2 Three themes 8 3 Conclusion 9 PART 1 EVOLUTION 11 Chapter 1 Pacific ties: the United States of America and an emerging 'Pacific community'? 12 Frank Gibney 1.1 Introduction First encounters The USA: a Pacific power The impact of the world wars Pax Americana The Asia-Pacific economic miracle A Pacific community? 31 Chapter 2 From imperialism to the end of the Cold War 35 Colin Mackerras 2.1 Introduction The world of Western colonialism and the impact of Japanese imperialism The anti-japanese war The emergence of the Cold War and the nuclear age The rise of Japan as an economic power The Vietnam War and the Sino-American detente The free-enterprise model gains the upper hand Summary and conclusion 54

3 VI ASIA-PACIFIC IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER Chapter 3 The rise of the Asia-Pacific 57 faved Maswood 3.1 Introduction The economic resurgence of the Asia-Pacific Asia-Pacific in the post-cold War era Conclusion 65 PART 2 THE NEW REGIONAL ORDER 67 Chapter 4 The Asia-Pacific: what sort of region in what sort of world? 68 Barry Buzan 4.1 Introduction The concept of region First view: the Asia-Pacific as an international region Second view: the Asia-Pacific as an element of the new global structure Summary and conclusion 85 Chapter 5 The Asia-Pacific security order 88 Joon Num Mak 5.1 Introduction Neo-realism, neoliberal-institutionalism and strategic culture The end of the Cold War and the new (uncertain) regional order Regional security: a new balance of power? Zones of potential conflict ASEAN and South-East Asia: multilateralism and cooperative security Conclusion 118 Chapter 6 Restructuring foreign and defence policy: Japan 121 Kenneth Pyle 6.1 Introduction Distinctive traits of Japanese foreign policy The institutional legacy of Japan's Cold War strategy The Gulf War: Japan's first post-cold War crisis Japan's turn toward Asia The struggle to define a political strategy for Asia The changing political paradigm at home The new context of the US-Japan alliance 133

4 CONTENTS VII Chapter 7 Restructuring foreign and defence policy: the People's Republic of China 137 Denny Roy 7.1 Introduction China's 'national interest(s)' Changes in China's external environment Foreign policy as an extension of domestic politics Beijing restructures its foreign and defence policies China's post-cold War regional engagement The future: is China a threat to regional security? Conclusion 155 Chapter 8 Restructuring foreign and defence policy: the USA 158 Anthony McGrew 8.1 Introduction America's Pacific ties Forging a new covenant with power America's Pacific impulse: contemporary policy towards the Asia-Pacific A Pacific power or a power in the Pacific?: US Asia-Pacific policy into the twenty-first century 185 Chapter 9 Restructuring foreign and defence policy: strategic uncertainty and the Asia-Pacific middle powers 189 Nikki Baker 9.1 Introduction What is a 'middle power'? Indonesia Australia Singapore Conclusion 207 Chapter 10 Restructuring foreign and defence policy: the Pacific Islands 209 Richard Hen 10.1 Introduction Diversity in unity? The question of microstate sovereignty The South Pacific regional system The South Pacific's Cold War order The South Pacific in the post-cold War international system 219

5 VIII ASIA-PACIFIC IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER 10.7 External effects on the Islands' security and foreign policy New challenges: the domestic dimension Conclusion 227 PART 3 A PACIFIC COMMUNITY? 229 Chapter 11 Regionalism and globalism 230 Christopher Brook 11.1 Asia-Pacific integration in a wider setting Two images of emerging world order What evidence of Asia-Pacific regional integration? What signs of global politics? Conclusion 244 Chapter 12 The growth of intergovernmental collaboration in the Asia-Pacific region 247 John Ravenhill 12.1 Introduction The absence of a 'Pacific' tradition The new regionalism in the Asia-Pacific An Asia-Pacific way? Conclusion: towards an Asia-Pacific community? 266 Chapter 13 Regional co-operation: the transnational dimension 271 Lawrence T. Woods 13.1 Introduction: regional co-operation and transnationalism in the Asia-Pacific Transnationalism defined Dominant assumptions in Asia-Pacific analyses An alternative perspective Conclusion: where the (re)action is 284 Chapter 14 The European Union and the Asia-Pacific 289 Michael Smith 14.1 Context and questions The growth and focus of a relationship The development of EU strategy EU and the Asia-Pacific in a global context Evaluating EU-Asia-Pacific relations Conclusion 313

6 CONTENTS IX Chapter 15 The Asia-Pacific: what kind of challenge? 316 Gerald Segal 15.1 Introduction The sun rises in the east: does the sun also set? Challenge or many challenges? Building regional and global security Challenges to the global order Looking beyond ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 331 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 333 INDEX 335