Great power politics in contemporary East Asia : negotiating multipolarity or hegemony?

• Main Author: Tan, See Seng
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::East Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/91210; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/4427
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Perceptions among academics and analysts of great power politics in contemporary East Asia vary. In theoretical terms, some have described the East Asian region as multipolar, where balancing relations between China, Japan and United States potentially threaten to undermine existing multilateral pro...