Asian alliances: Chinese and Japanese experiences compared

In: Asian perspective, Band 38, Heft 1, S. 1-29

Abstract

In this article I view Asian alliances as a product of universal security needs and culturally constructed variables. While the alliance remains one of the fundamentals of contemporary international politics, I attempt to show through comparative analysis of the Sino-Soviet alliance and the Japan-US security alliance how subtle differences of national developmental experience can significantly affect political outcomes in East Asia. (Asian Perspect/GIGA)