Strategic Triangles Reshaping International Relations in East Asia

Rozman shows how East Asia’s international relations over three decades can be best understood through the lens of triangles, analyzing relations between the key nations through a series of trilateral relationships. He argues that triangles present a convincing answer to the question of whether we h...

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description Rozman shows how East Asia’s international relations over three decades can be best understood through the lens of triangles, analyzing relations between the key nations through a series of trilateral relationships. He argues that triangles present a convincing answer to the question of whether we had entered a new era of bipolarity like the Cold War or an age of multipolarity. Triangulation emerged as a dynamic in East Asia in the aftermath of the Cold War and was accelerated in the course of the Xi and Trump administrations. Even as Sino-US competition and confrontation deepened, triangles had a substantial presence. East Asian triangles share an unusual mixture of three distinct elements: deep-seated security distrust, extraordinary economic interdependence, and a combustible composition of historical resentments and civilizational confidence. The combination of the three makes the case for triangularity more compelling, Rozman argues. The legacy of communism, the pursuit of reunification on the Korean Peninsula, and moves to expand beyond the US-Japan alliance have all driven the way triangles have evolved. Only as bipolarity intensified in the 2020s was triangularity losing ground. The degree of turnabout is analyzed for all of the cases considered. Rozman evaluates each key triangle of states in turn and assesses how the relationship impacts the region more widely. This book provides an essential framework for understanding the current state and trajectory of East Asian international relations, for students and policymakers. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1610312025-05-31T06:47:48Z Strategic Triangles Reshaping International Relations in East Asia Rozman, Gilbert China Cold War Indo-Pacific the Quad Russia India USA Korea Japan Australia THAAD Deployment Wolf Warrior West Germany Managing North Korea Sino ROK Relation Japan ROK Relation North’s Nuclear Weapons Program Identity Gaps United States Sino DPRK Relation Nontraditional Security UN Sino Japanese Relations North Korean Sino South Korean Relations Comfort Women North Korea’s Nuclear Threat ASEAN Centrality Triangular Dynamics South Koreans thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies Rozman shows how East Asia’s international relations over three decades can be best understood through the lens of triangles, analyzing relations between the key nations through a series of trilateral relationships. He argues that triangles present a convincing answer to the question of whether we had entered a new era of bipolarity like the Cold War or an age of multipolarity. Triangulation emerged as a dynamic in East Asia in the aftermath of the Cold War and was accelerated in the course of the Xi and Trump administrations. Even as Sino-US competition and confrontation deepened, triangles had a substantial presence. East Asian triangles share an unusual mixture of three distinct elements: deep-seated security distrust, extraordinary economic interdependence, and a combustible composition of historical resentments and civilizational confidence. The combination of the three makes the case for triangularity more compelling, Rozman argues. The legacy of communism, the pursuit of reunification on the Korean Peninsula, and moves to expand beyond the US-Japan alliance have all driven the way triangles have evolved. Only as bipolarity intensified in the 2020s was triangularity losing ground. The degree of turnabout is analyzed for all of the cases considered. Rozman evaluates each key triangle of states in turn and assesses how the relationship impacts the region more widely. This book provides an essential framework for understanding the current state and trajectory of East Asian international relations, for students and policymakers. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. 2025-05-31T06:47:48Z 2025-05-31T06:47:48Z 2025-05-30T06:41:19Z 2022 book ONIX_20250530T083217_9781000613957_9 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103047 9781000613957 9781003296256 9781032283135 9781000613995 9781032283128 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/161031 eng Politics in Asia open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103047/1/9781000613957.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003296256 10.4324/9781003296256 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 64ce02f6-504a-4317-a9c1-1608b8acb0eb ffc01c62-9d5f-4ebd-98a3-2ce064321c13 9781000613957 9781003296256 9781032283135 9781000613995 9781032283128 Routledge 148 Oxford [...] Princeton University Princeton 10.13039/100006734 open access
spellingShingle China
Cold War
Indo-Pacific
the Quad
Russia
India
USA
Korea
Japan
Australia
THAAD Deployment
Wolf Warrior
West Germany
Managing North Korea
Sino ROK Relation
Japan ROK Relation
North’s Nuclear Weapons Program
Identity Gaps
United States
Sino DPRK Relation
Nontraditional Security
UN
Sino Japanese Relations
North Korean
Sino South Korean Relations
Comfort Women
North Korea’s Nuclear Threat
ASEAN Centrality
Triangular Dynamics
South Koreans
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies
Rozman, Gilbert
Strategic Triangles Reshaping International Relations in East Asia
title Strategic Triangles Reshaping International Relations in East Asia
title_full Strategic Triangles Reshaping International Relations in East Asia
title_fullStr Strategic Triangles Reshaping International Relations in East Asia
title_full_unstemmed Strategic Triangles Reshaping International Relations in East Asia
title_short Strategic Triangles Reshaping International Relations in East Asia
title_sort strategic triangles reshaping international relations in east asia
topic China
Cold War
Indo-Pacific
the Quad
Russia
India
USA
Korea
Japan
Australia
THAAD Deployment
Wolf Warrior
West Germany
Managing North Korea
Sino ROK Relation
Japan ROK Relation
North’s Nuclear Weapons Program
Identity Gaps
United States
Sino DPRK Relation
Nontraditional Security
UN
Sino Japanese Relations
North Korean
Sino South Korean Relations
Comfort Women
North Korea’s Nuclear Threat
ASEAN Centrality
Triangular Dynamics
South Koreans
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies
topic_facet China
Cold War
Indo-Pacific
the Quad
Russia
India
USA
Korea
Japan
Australia
THAAD Deployment
Wolf Warrior
West Germany
Managing North Korea
Sino ROK Relation
Japan ROK Relation
North’s Nuclear Weapons Program
Identity Gaps
United States
Sino DPRK Relation
Nontraditional Security
UN
Sino Japanese Relations
North Korean
Sino South Korean Relations
Comfort Women
North Korea’s Nuclear Threat
ASEAN Centrality
Triangular Dynamics
South Koreans
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies
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