Geopolitics and the Western Pacific: China, Japan and the Us

ISBN-13: 9780367728199 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 212 str.

Leszek Buszynski

Opis

This book examines the development of China’s national ambitions under its current leader Xi Jinping and the dilemma they present for the United States and Japan. It emphasises the importance of geopolitics and highlights the hard choices faced by the United States as it seeks to protect its geopolitical position in the Western Pacific.

Spis treści

Chapter one: Geopolitics

Chapter two: Domestic drivers of China’s geopolitics

Chapter three: The geopolitics of the South China Sea: China’s claim

Chapter four: The geopolitics and the South China Sea: China’s strategic interest

Chapter five: The geopolitics of the Korean Peninsula: great power rivalry

Chapter six: The geopolitics of the Korean Peninsula: North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles

Chapter seven: Geopolitics and Japan

Chapter eight: The geopolitics of the US and the Western Pacific

The future

O autorze

Leszek Buszynski is a Visiting Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University.