Fault Lines in a Rising Asia (Paperback)

Chung M. Lee

ISBN 10: 0870033115 / ISBN 13: 9780870033117

Published by Brookings Institution, Washington DC, 2022

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Paperback. Asias rise over the past four decades is one of the most significant geopolitical and geoeconomic developments in world affairs as evinced by Chinas, and more recently, Indias, accelerated economic growth. Yet the conventional narrative of Asias rise is incomplete, if not misleading, given the fundamental dichotomy that defines contemporary Asia: a region with unparalleled economic success but also home to the worlds most dangerous, diverse, and divisive security, military, and political challenges. How the strategically consequential Asian states manage to ameliorate or even overcome traditional geopolitical tinderboxes across the Taiwan Strait, the Korean Peninsula, and the Indian subcontinent and new zones of strategic competition such as the South China Sea is to going to have a profound impact on the shaping of regional order well into the 21st century. Asias rise over the past four decades is one of the most significant geopolitical and geoeconomic developments in world affairs. Yet the conventional narrative of Asias rise is incomplete, if not misleading, given the region is home to the worlds most dangerous, diverse, and divisive security, military, and political challenges. This volume addresses these challenges. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fault Lines in a Rising Asia (Paperback)
• Publisher: Brookings Institution, Washington DC
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870033115
• ISBN 13: 9780870033117
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Asia has already risen by most hard-power measures. But without an understanding of the downsides of Asia’s rise, the conventional narrative is incomplete, misleading, and inaccurate. Chung Min Lee explores the fundamental dichotomy that defines contemporary Asia. While the region has been an unparalleled economic success, it is also home to some of the world’s most dangerous, diverse, and divisive challenges. Contrary to prevailing wisdom, he says, Asia’s rise doesn’t mean the demise of the West.

Asia’s rise over the past four decades is one of the most significant geopolitical and geoeconomic developments in world affairs as evinced by China’s, and more recently, India’s, accelerated economic growth. Yet the conventional narrative of Asia’s rise is incomplete, if not misleading, given the fundamental dichotomy that defines contemporary Asia: a region with unparalleled economic success but also home to the world’s most dangerous, diverse, and divisive security, military, and political challenges. How the strategically consequential Asian states manage to ameliorate or even overcome traditional geopolitical tinderboxes across the Taiwan Strait, the Korean Peninsula, and the Indian subcontinent and new zones of strategic competition such as the South China Sea is to going to have a profound impact on the shaping of regional order well into the 21st century.

About the Author

Chung Min Lee is a professor of international relations at the Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University in Seoul, a nonresident senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a council member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.