China's Rise and U.S. Hegemony: Navigating Great-Power Management in East Asia

Asia Policy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-60
Author(s):  
Beverley Loke
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Power Management ◽  
Great Power ◽  
China’S Rise ◽  
China's Rise

scholarly journals JAPANS’S CHINA STRATEGY

2013 ◽  
pp. 39-46
Author(s):  
A. A. Kireeva
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Significant Degree ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
China’S Rise ◽  
Divergence Of Opinion ◽  
Accurate Definition ◽  
China's Rise ◽  
The 19Th Century

The article deals with the transformation of Japan’s strategy vis-a-vis China. China and Japan are the most powerful states in East Asia in economic, political and military dimensions. They constitute two poles which shape the regional subsystem of international relations. China’s rise presents a considerable challenge for Japan’s foreign policy alongside with immense opportunity for the state’s development, with Japan’s and China’s positions, as well stability in East Asia resting upon Japan’s strategy towards China. Japan’s China strategy in the aftermath of World War II prior to 2010-2011 can be characterized as engagement with elements of containment. Japan has to a significant degree accommodated China’s rise by facilitating the successful implementation of its grand strategy, seen as the restoration of a great power status that China lost in the 19th century opium wars. The beginning of the 21st century saw a reassessment of Japan’s foreign policy and adopting a proactive stance. There is a divergence of opinion as to Japan’s strategy towards China in 2000s: while a number of scholars believe that there was a shift to balancing, others conclude that no such trend existed and “hedging” would be a more accurate definition, as it enables a state to protect from risks with regional coalitions. The early 2010s have seen Japan’s China strategy increasingly transforming into balancing and containment influenced by Japan’s growing perception of China’s maritime activities in the East China Sea as a threat to its security. However, there is growing possibility of adopting a “dual hedging” strategy, as China is first of all regarded as the key economic partner for Japan’s successful development.

ASEAN’s External Policy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Marie Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Soft Power ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Great Power ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Regional Stability ◽  
China’S Rise ◽  
China's Rise ◽  
Asean Countries

ASEAN has long promoted its key interests in a stable and autonomous Southeast by binding outside powers to ASEAN’s norms and institutions. Today, domestic political change, divergent interests among ASEAN countries, and the changing balance of power in the Asia-Pacific are eroding the ASEAN cohesion necessary for a collective ASEAN external policy. ASEAN policy is based on soft power and therefore is dependent on a stable balance of power. China’s rise has upset that balance, triggering Sino-American tensions and conflicts with some Southeast Asian states. ASEAN’s goals of regional stability and autonomy from great power hegemony are increasingly coming into conflict, which may force ASEAN members to choose between them.

China in 2013

Asian Survey ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Heberer
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Great Power ◽  
Development Model ◽  
China’S Rise ◽  
Chinese Dream ◽  
Foreign Policies ◽  
China's Rise ◽  
The Chinese Dream ◽  
China’S Growth

In 2013, China’s new party and state leadership specified its domestic and foreign policies in the context of Xi Jinping’s vision of the “Chinese Dream.” A new reform package modifying China’s growth and development model has been announced. In foreign policy, a debate has commenced regarding another side of the “Chinese Dream”: China’s rise as a “Great Power.”

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document