The US and East Asian Regional Security Architecture: Building a Regional Security Nexus on Hub-and-Spoke

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kei Koga
Keyword(s):  
East Asian ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Security Architecture ◽  
Hub And Spoke ◽  
The Us

scholarly journals Revenge of Geopolitics: Rise of China and the Confines of Asian Econophoria

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-175
Author(s):  
Richard Javad Heydarian
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
East Asia ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
East Asian ◽  
International Relations Theory ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Security Architecture ◽  
The Past ◽  
Rise Of China

The paper examines the evolution of the Asian regional security architecture in the past three decades, evaluating relations between China and its neighbors, and considering various approaches in International Relations theory. First, the paper examines the assumptions of liberal institutionalism in the context of “econophoria,” assessing its merits in East Asia. Second, the paper addresses China and its relations with the East Asian neighborhood in the latter decades of the 20th century. Third, the paper examines growing territorial tensions between China and its neighbors in the past decade -- and how this undermines regional security and regional integration. Lastly, the paper evaluates the contributions of alternative IR theories such as realism and constructivism in providing a better understanding of China’s new assertiveness.

The Prospects of the US Alliance System in Asia: Managing from the Hub

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (03) ◽  
pp. 2040012
Author(s):  
PING-KUEI CHEN
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Hub And Spoke ◽  
Alliance Management ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
The Us ◽  
Foreign Policies ◽  
Security Relations ◽  
Defense Cooperation ◽  
Alliance System

This paper examines the implications of the United States’ “hub-and-spoke” alliance system in Asia. It argues that the US enjoys a bargaining advantage in the current bilateral security relations with its Asian allies. In contrast to a multilateral alliance, the US can better prevent free riders and joint resistance in its bilateral relations. It can effectively restrain the behavior of its allies and compel them to accommodate American interests. The hub-and-spoke system helps the US consolidate its policy influence over the Asian allies, supervise inter-alliance cooperation, and increase defense cooperation between allies and non-allies. This paper uses episodes of defense cooperation between the US, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and India to illustrate the American alliance management techniques since 2016. During this time, the US allies have increasingly participated in regional security affairs due to US demands and guidance rather than autonomous decisions. Facing strong US pressure, allies have found it hard to challenge the US under the hub-and-spoke system despite common grievances. This leads to two implications for the future: First, the US allies may have less autonomy in their foreign policies, restraining their ability to pursue neutral positions and policies in regional affairs such as the South China Sea dispute. Second, the US may discourage or even undermine the emergence of multilateral security institutions in Asia. The US is likely to maintain the “hub-and-spoke” system to safeguard its strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific.

The Impact of the US Factor on India’s Asia Policy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frédéric Grare
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Security Architecture ◽  
The Us ◽  
Zero Sum ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Geographical Locations

The convergence of interests between India and the United States extend to most major regional issues. Both countries intend to pursue regional cooperation and develop an inclusive regional security architecture. Yet significant perception gaps persist between the two countries linked to their asymmetry of power as well as geographical locations. India does not want to be caught in a zero-sum game between China and the United States and remains uncertain about the willingness of the United States to act as a security provider. The relationship is ultimately based on a quid pro quo that takes into account US interests and India’s own constraints. A strong but autonomous India contributes to United States interests in the region.

Okinawa Beyond the Hub-and-spoke Alliance System: A Reappraisal

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 19-33
Author(s):  
Carmina Yu UNTALAN
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Hub And Spoke ◽  
System A ◽  
The Us ◽  
Security Values ◽  
State Actor ◽  
Alliance System ◽  
Power Transitions

Okinawa is a cornerstone of the US–Japan alliance. However, it has been marginalised in East Asian international relations whereby a state-centric view of international relations predominates. In an era of power transitions and increasing importance of non-traditional security concerns, Washington and Tokyo need to recognise Okinawa’s contribution as a non-state actor in upholding human security values for the alliance to stay attuned to shifting regional and global needs.

The Rise and Return of the Indo-Pacific

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Doyle ◽  
Dennis Rumley
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
First Century ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Hegemony ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Under Construction ◽  
Political Realities

In the twenty-first century, the Indo-Pacific region has become the new centre of the world. The concept of the ‘Indo-Pacific’’, though still under construction, is a potentially pivotal site, where various institutions and intellectuals of statecraft are seeking common ground on which to anchor new regional coalitions, alliances, and allies to better serve their respective national agendas. This book explores the Indo-Pacific as an ambiguous and hotly contested regional security construction. It critically examines the major drivers behind the revival of classical geopolitical concepts and their deployment through different national lenses. The book also analyses the presence of India and the US in the Indo-Pacific, and the manner in which China has reacted to their positions in the Indo-Pacific to date. It suggests that national constructions of the Indo-Pacific region are more informed by domestic political realities, anti-Chinese bigotries, distinctive properties of twenty-first century US hegemony, and narrow nation-statist sentiments rather than genuine pan-regional aspirations. The book argues that the spouting of contested depictions of the Indo-Pacific region depend on the fixed geostrategic lenses of nation-states, but what is also important is the re-emergence of older ideas—a classical conceptual revival—based on early to mid-twentieth century geopolitical ideas in many of these countries. The book deliberately raises the issue of the sea and constructions of ‘nature’, as these symbols are indispensable parts of many of these Indo-Pacific regional narratives.

scholarly journals External Leveraging and Technological Upgrading Among East Asian Firms in the US

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinn-Yuh Hsu ◽  
Jessie P. Poon ◽  
Henry Wai-Chung Yeung
Keyword(s):  
East Asian ◽  
The Us

scholarly journals Framework for Mentoring East Asian Women Scientists and Engineers

2017 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Karen Mancl ◽  
Katrina Lee
Keyword(s):  
East Asian ◽  
Women Scientists ◽  
Asian Women ◽  
Minority Faculty ◽  
Mentoring Functions ◽  
The Us ◽  
Scientists And Engineers ◽  
Psychosocial Mentoring ◽  
Women Mentors

The goal of this preliminary study was to develop a framework for success in mentoring East Asian women scientists and engineers.  Six women participated in 2-hour interviews providing an oral history.  Common themes from their interviews revealed they brought some shared experiences from Asia.  While science and engineering studies were encouraged, especially for girls, they had little mentoring.  Upon coming to the US they found themselves isolated as an Asian and female minority, while feeling family and cultural expectations.  The findings of the study suggest a 4-part mentoring framework.  1. Mentors should be assigned. 2. At least 1 mentor should be a woman. 3. Mentors needed understanding of and to be able to discuss work/life balance and 4. Mentors need to work with protégés to help them with mission and goal setting.  This research supports findings of other studies that describe mentoring teams working with minority faculty and the importance of women mentors in providing psychosocial mentoring functions. This research uncovered the limited role of East Asian mentors.  Not all of the women had mentors from East Asia and some did not feel it was important.

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