Alliance in Anxiety: Detente and the Sino-American-Japanese Triangle

ISBN-13: 9780415934350 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 180 str.

Go Ito

Opis

This text analyses the structural dynamics of the Sino-American-Japanese triangular relationship by exploring how the 1971 Nixon-Kissinger announcement to pursue rapprochement with the People's Republic of China (PRC), in the context of the overall detente strategy, fundamentally altered the US-Japanese relationship. It argues that the systematic structure of international relations in East Asia during the detente period was similar in significant ways to today's post-Cold War period. Highlighting the importance of China to US policy options towards East Asia enables us to provide a more informed perspective on future directions of the Sino-US-Japanese triangular relationship in the 21st century.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Détente and the Sino-American-Japanese Triangle  2. The Alliance Dilemma and the Structural Dynamics of Triangles  3. The Emergence of the Sino-American-Japanese "Romantic Triangle"  4. Japanese Economic Submission to the United States: A Response to the "Alliance Dilemma"  5. Sino-Japanese Normalization and the End of the American "Romantic Triangle"  6. Japan's Pursuit of Independence in Foreign Policy: A New Response to the "Alliance Dilemma"  7. Conclusion: An Analogy of the Triangle Between the Détente Period and Today

O autorze

Go Ito is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at Meiji University.