- 1995/223 pages
Major Powers at a Crossroads:
Economic Interdependence and an Asia Pacific Security Community
Hardcover: $55.00
ISBN: 978-1-55587-593-0
Is there a relationship between economic interdependence and the cohesion of an Asia Pacific security community? Ming Zhang addresses this controversial question, exploring the potential for the development of a partnership involving China, Japan, Russia, and the United States.
Zhang finds that, after international trade among these four powers started to boom around 1979, their perceptions of one another gradually improved and they became more committed to the idea of a security community. While any concert of Pacific powers should include the ASEAN countries and Australia, he admits, it is not yet certain what role they will play. What is clear is that all of these countries are continuing to move away from confrontation, and the time is ripe for comprehensive regional cooperation.
