Politics, Culture And Identities In East Asia: Integration And Division

This edited book reflects the ''yin-yang'' of East Asia — the analogy of co-existing ''hot and cold'' trends in that region. To concentrate only on geopolitical competition and regional ''hot spots'' will exaggerate, if not misrepresent East Asia as a Hobbesian world. Nevertheless, geopolitical competition cannot be ignored because a failure of the balance of power and deterrence between China and...