Sovereignty and Status in East Asian International Relations (Hardcover)

Introduction. Sovereignty as status: hierarchy and East Asian international relations; 1. How hierarchy endures; 2. Hierarchy and regional order in premodern East Asia; 3. The emergence of sovereign autonomy as a modern security concept; 4. Enduring hierarchy in postwar East Asia; 5. Competing frames of autonomy and domestic legitimacy politics in Japan and South Korea during the Cold War; 6. Contesting autonomy and alliance in post-Cold War East Asia; 7. Which historical legacies matter in East Asian international relations?; Bibliography.