Asia's Regional Architecture - 9781503608443

Asia's Regional ArchitectureAlliances and Institutions in the Pacific Century\nAuthor(s): Andrew Yeo\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9781503608443, 978-1503608443\nSynopsis\nDuring the Cold War, the [url] built a series of alliances with Asian nations to erect a bulwark against the spread of communism and provide security to the region. Despite pressure to end bilateral alliances in the post-Cold War world, they persist to this day, even as new multilateral institutions have sprung up around them. The resulting architecture may aggravate rivalries as the [url] China, and others compete for influence. However, Andrew Yeo demonstrates how Asia's complex array of bilateral and multilateral agreements may ultimately bring greater stability and order to a region fraught with underlying tensions.\n\n Asia's Regional Architecture transcends traditional international relations models. It investigates change .