Table of Contents:
  • International relations theory and the search for regional stability / G. John Ikenberry and Michael Mastanduno
  • China, the U.S.-Japan alliance and the security dilemma in East Asia / Thomas J. Christensen
  • An emerging China's emerging grand strategy: a neo-Bismarckian turn? / Avery Goldstein
  • Socialization in international institutions: the ASEAN way and international relations theory / Alastair Iain Johnston
  • Hierarchy and stability in Asian international relations / David Kang
  • Ambiguous Japan: Japanese national identity at century's end / Masaru Tamamoto
  • Identity and the balance of power in Asia / Henry R. Nau
  • Asia-Pacific security institutions in comparative perspective / John S. Duffield
  • States, markets, and great power relations in the Pacific: some realist expectations / Jonathan Kirshner
  • Sources of American-Japanese economic conflict / Robert Gilpin
  • Economic interdependence and the future of U.S.-Chinese relations / Dale Copeland
  • Institutionalized inertia: Japanese foreign policy in the post-Cold War world / William W. Grimes
  • Power and purpose in Pacific East Asia: a constructivist interpretation / Thomas U. Berger
  • Conclusion: The United States and stability in East Asia / G. John Ikenberry and Michael Mastanduno.