The Future Of Americas Alliances In Northeast Asia Stanford Ca Washington Dc 2004 Michael H Armacost by Michael H. Armacost, Daniel I. Okimoto 9781931368063, 1931368066 instant download after payment.

9 (p1): INTRODUCTIONS
11 (p1-1): The Future of America’s Alliances in Northeast Asia
25 (p1-2): America’s Asia Strategy During the Busgh Asministration
33 (p2): JAPAN
35 (p2-1): The Japan-US Alliance in evolution
49 (p2-2): The Changing American Government Perspectives on the Missions and strategic Focus of the US-Japan Alliance
73 (p2-3): Japanese Adjustments to the Security alliance with the United States: Evolution of Policy on the Roles of the self-Defense Force
91 (p2-4): US-Japan Defense Cooperation: Can Japan Become the Great Britain of Asia? Should It?
105 (p2-5): The Japan-US Alliance and Japanese Domestic Politics: Sources of Change,Prospects for the Future
199 (p3): Korea
121 (p3-1): Shaping Change and Cultivarting Ideas in the US-ROK Alliance
147 (p3-2): The United States and South Korea: An Alliance Adrift
157 (p3-3): Challenges for the ROK-US Alliance in the Twenty-First Century
177 (p3-4): ROK-US Defense Cooperation
191 (p3-5): Changes in the combined Operations arrangement in Korea
199 (p3-6): Demestic Politics and the Changing Contours of the ROK-US Alliance :The End of the Status Quo
199 (p4): CHINA
221 (p4-1): US-China Relations and America’s Pacific Alliances in the Post-9/11 Era
237 (p4-2): China and America’s Northeast Asian Alliances: Approaches,Politics,and Dilemmas
251 (p5): Contributors

Many similarities exist between America’s alliances with Japan and South Korea.  The United States provides a security guarantee to both countries, and maintains a military presence in each.  Local ambivalence about these foreign troops has long been a staple of politics in both countries.

The two alliances are strategically connected.  The United States would find it difficult to supports its commitments to South Korea without access to bases in Japan.  Japan would have trouble sustaining political support for US Bases if it were America’s only…