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THE CONCEPT OF A "STRATEGIC TRIANGLE" IS USEFUL IN AN ANALYSIS OF THE INTERNAL LOGIC OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES, THE SOVIET UNION, & CHINA. DISCUSSION TOPICS INCLUDE THE STRATEGIC SALIENCE OF THE THREE PRINCIPALS & THREE DISTINCT PATTERN DYNAMICS: THE MENAGE A TROIS, THE STABLE MARRIAGE AND THE ROMANTIC TRIANGLE.

In New Asian Disorder: Rivalries Embroiling the Pacific Century, Lowell Dittmer and his team explore the recent political disorder in East Asia resulting from growing Sino-American polarization. The rise of China in recent years is widely regarded as a momentous shift in the global balance of power. China is now extending sovereignty into the East China Sea and the South China Sea, constructing a new set of global financial institutions and replacing "universal values" with technologically enhanced nationalism. The country's "Belt and Road Initiative" is also tainted by the vast ambition to realize the "China Dream" within the foreseeable future. In response to China's challenge, the United States has abandoned its "constructive engagement" policy towards the rising power and engaged in a trade war. Sino-American relations have been at a historical trough since the normalization of their relationship in the late 1970s. This book sheds new light on the current political disorder in the East Asian international arena. The new Asian disorder is analyzed from three perspectives: the first focuses on identity, the second on political economy, and the third on the triangular dynamic. This collection of essays concludes that, unless and until consensus can be reached on a coherent new framework for cooperation and rule enforcement among different stakeholders in East Asia, the current disorder may be expected to persist.

Introduction. Transformation of the Chinese political economy in the new era / Lowell Dittmer -- Domestic political economy. Consolidating Leninist control of state-owned enterprises : China's state capitalism 2.0 / Gang Chen ; Who hates government debt in China? Evidence from revealed preferences / Kang Chen ; The political economy of working class re-formation / Marc Blecher ; The political economic context of Chinese agriculture / Jane Du and Cheng King ; The political economy of stability maintenance under Xi Jinping / Martin K Dimitrov and Zhu Zhang ; Chinese political business cycle enters the new era / Rou-Lan Chen and Lowell Dittmer -- China in the world. China goes out / Shaun Breslin ; Role of the external sector in financial reform : Renminbi internationalization and the SDR basket / Barry Eichengreen and Guangtao Xia ; Purchasing power : exploring the political implications of China's foreign economic ties / Scott L Kastner ; China's unbalanced economic partnership with Europe / Jonathan Holslag ; The political economy of China's "Belt and road initiative" / Dalton Lin -- Conclusion. Where is China going and why? / Lowell Dittmer.

"China's relation to Taiwan has been in constant contention since the founding of the People's Republic of China in October 1949 and the creation of the defeated Kuomintang (KMT) exile regime on the island two months later. The island's autonomous sovereignty has continually been challenged, initially because of the KMT's stubborn insistence that it continue to represent not just Taiwan but all of China and later, when the tables had turned, because Taiwan refused to cede sovereignty to the then-dominant power that had arisen on the other side of the Strait. One of the things that makes Taiwan so politically difficult and yet so intellectually fascinating is that it is not merely a security problem, but a ganglion of interrelated puzzles. The optimistic hope of the Ma Ying-jeou administration for a new era of peace and cooperation foundered on a landslide victory by the Democratic Progressive Party, which has made clear its intent to distance Taiwan from China's political embrace. The Taiwanese are now waiting with bated breath as the relationship tautens. Why did détente fail, and what chance does Taiwan have without it? Contributors to this volume focus on three aspects of the evolving quandary: nationalistic identity, social economy, and political strategy."--Provided by publisher

China's relation to Taiwan has been in constant contention since the founding of the People's Republic of China in October 1949 and the creation of the defeated Kuomintang (KMT) exile regime on the island two months later. The islands autonomous sovereignty has continually been challenged, initially because of the KMT's insistence that it continue to represent not just Taiwan but all of China and later because Taiwan refused to cede sovereignty to the then-dominant power that had arisen on the other side of the Taiwan Strait. One thing that makes Taiwan so politically difficult and yet so intellectually fascinating is that it is not merely a security problem, but a ganglion of interrelated puzzles. The optimistic hope of the Ma Ying-jeou administration for a new era of peace and cooperation foundered on a landslide victory by the Democratic Progressive Party, which has made clear its intent to distance Taiwan from China's political embrace. The Taiwanese are now waiting with bated breath as the relationship tautens. Why did detente fail, and what chance does Taiwan have without it? Contributors to this volume focus on three aspects of the evolving quandary: nationalistic identity, social economy, and political strategy.

The nuclear test explosions in India and Pakistan in 1998, followed by the outbreak of hostilities over Kashmir in 1999, marked a frightening new turn in the ancient, bitter enmity between the two nations. Although the tension was eclipsed by the events of 9/11 and the subsequent American attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq, it has not disappeared, as evidenced by the 2001 attack in the Indian Parliament by Islamic fundamentalists out of Kashmir. By 2002, these two nuclear-armed neighbors seemed to be once again on the brink of war. This book outlines the strategic structure of the rivalry and the

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 From Revolution to Reform -- 2 The Lineage of Reform Socialism -- The Golden 1950s -- The Revisionist Interregnum -- A Cultural Revolution? -- The Inauguration of Reform -- Genealogy of Reform -- Conclusions -- 3 Political Leadership and Succession -- Mao Zedong -- Deng Xiaoping -- Conclusions -- 4 Emergence of a Public Sphere? -- Conceptual Background -- The Structure of Political Publication -- The Impact of Reform -- Spontaneous Political Activism -- Conclusions -- 5 Domestic Reform and International Adaptation -- Transnational Relations -- International Relations -- Conclusions -- 6 The Future of Socialist Reform -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- About the Book and Author -- Index

Contrary to the current tendency to extrapolate China's future trajectory from its current retrenchment, it is argued that China has changed substantially in the past and is likely to continue to change in the future. While change has always been strife-torn and radically contingent, it may be seen in retrospect to fit a rough pattern as occasioned by generational as well as ideological and developmental factors. Can we find clues in this pattern of change that provide some basis for speculation about China's future? A definition of 'generation,' is followed by a review of the past pattern of China's generational evolution and by a theory of generational change to account for it. The essay concludes with a discussion of China's path-dependent cyclical future evolution. (J Contemp China/GIGA)

The election of Donald J Trump has greatly changed American foreign policy. Trump has introduced two policy innovations: (i) minimise American role as leader of the free world in favour of a more narrowly focused national interest; and (ii) renegotiate the terms of American relations with its main adversaries. While the first has the most significant long-term international consequences it has been inconsistently applied. Trump's attention is on the latter, greatly impacting American Asia policy.