East Asia 2000 and Beyond : Shaping Factors/Shaping Actors (Hardcover)

Introduction, Methodology of Shaping Factors - Shaping Actors 1 General Socio-Political Factors and Development, the Cultural Base in East Asia 2 Japan at a Turning Point: Political Reforms at Home[1]and the Return to Asia? 3 The Koreas: Interrupted Unification Euphoria and Nuclear Brinkmanship, Globalisation and Domestic Structural Challenges 4 China - Great Power or Greater China? 5 ASEAN - Politics and Economic Development 6 The Impact of Regional Heterogeneity - Understanding the Forces of Tension in East Asia