ABSTRACT

There is no doubt that President George W. Bush and his administration have transformed US foreign policy and reshaped global international relations in a very profound way. Many American commentators continue to talk about 9/11 as the day the world changed, but increasingly analysts around the world are concluding that more important than 9/11 have been the ideas that the Bush leadership brought into office in January 2001. Confronting the Bush Doctrine is the first book to take on the vitally important task of analyzing how the Asia Pacific region sees and evaluates what the United States is doing. With contributions from an outstanding group of scholars, many of whom are based in the region, this book will prove to be an invaluable resource to all students and scholars of American and Asian politics.

chapter 1|38 pages

American crusades

Unilateralism, past and present

chapter 3|23 pages

Letting the genie out of the bottle

The Bush nuclear doctrine in Asia

chapter 4|22 pages

Talking American, acting Taiwanese

Behind Taipei's complete compliance with the Bush Doctrine

chapter 7|28 pages

With eyes wide shut

Japan, Heisei militarization, and the Bush Doctrine

chapter 9|24 pages

The Bush Doctrine and Asian regional order

The perils and pitfalls of preemption

chapter 10|15 pages

Australia and the Bush Doctrine

Punching above our weight?

chapter 11|18 pages

The North Korean nuclear crisis

Four-plus-two—an idea whose time has come

chapter 12|10 pages

Conclusion