This text explores the regional roles and relationships of major powers with regard to the Asia Pacific region. It provides the context of various approaches to understanding international relations, and against this background, considers the roles of the US, China, Japan and Russia.
The first comprehensive academic study of Soviet foreign policy in the Asia Pacific region since Gorbachev's ascent to power, this book examines the domestic factors behind these recent initiatives and evaluates their regional implications. The Australian Defence Force Academy's March 1987 symposium on which this collection is based pooled the talents of senior scholars from the United States, …