'… Overholt offers a comprehensive survey of trends in Asia and arrives at a set of possible scenarios for future developments. …' The Royal Society for Asian Affairs
1. Introduction: The inertia of foreign policies; 2. Cold War assumptions and changing realities; 3. Regional trends; 4. Asia's big powers: Japan and China; 5. Smaller places, decisive pivots: Taiwan, Korea, Southeast Asia; 6. The aspiring power and its near abroad: India and South Asia; 7. Russia and its near abroad; 8. The United States and the New Asia; 9. Scenarios for the future; 10. Conclusion.