Samuel S. Kim teaches in the Department of Political Science and is a senior research scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.

A very welcome addition to the small but growing number of books that deal with East Asia in a theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded manner. It will be particularly valuable to teachers and researchers on the international relations of the world.

• Part 1 Part I: Theory and PracticeChapter 2 Northeast Asia in the Local-Regional-Global Nexus: Multiple Challenges and Contending ExplanationsPart 3 Part II: Major Power InteractionChapter 4 China's International Relations: The Political and Security DimensionsChapter 5 China's International Relations: The Economic DimensionChapter 6 Japan's International Relations: The Political and Security DimensionsChapter 7 Japan's International Relations: The Economic DimensionChapter 8 Russian Foreign Policy in Northeast AsiaChapter 9 U.S. Foreign Policy in Northeast AsiaPart 10 Part III: Flashpoints in the Divided NationsChapter 11 South Korea's International Relations: Challenges to Developmental Realism?Chapter 12 North Korea's International Relations: The Successful Failure?Chapter 13 Taiwan's External Relations: Identity versus SecurityPart 14 Part IV: Region BuildingChapter 15 The Emerging Northeast Asian Regional Order

Samuel S. Kim teaches in the Department of Political Science and is a senior research scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.

A very welcome addition to the small but growing number of books that deal with East Asia in a theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded manner. It will be particularly valuable to teachers and researchers on the international relations of the world.

• Part 1 Part I: Theory and PracticeChapter 2 Northeast Asia in the Local-Regional-Global Nexus: Multiple Challenges and Contending ExplanationsPart 3 Part II: Major Power InteractionChapter 4 China's International Relations: The Political and Security DimensionsChapter 5 China's International Relations: The Economic DimensionChapter 6 Japan's International Relations: The Political and Security DimensionsChapter 7 Japan's International Relations: The Economic DimensionChapter 8 Russian Foreign Policy in Northeast AsiaChapter 9 U.S. Foreign Policy in Northeast AsiaPart 10 Part III: Flashpoints in the Divided NationsChapter 11 South Korea's International Relations: Challenges to Developmental Realism?Chapter 12 North Korea's International Relations: The Successful Failure?Chapter 13 Taiwan's External Relations: Identity versus SecurityPart 14 Part IV: Region BuildingChapter 15 The Emerging Northeast Asian Regional Order

Samuel S. Kim teaches in the Department of Political Science and is a senior research scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.

A very welcome addition to the small but growing number of books that deal with East Asia in a theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded manner. It will be particularly valuable to teachers and researchers on the international relations of the world.

• Part 1 Part I: Theory and PracticeChapter 2 Northeast Asia in the Local-Regional-Global Nexus: Multiple Challenges and Contending ExplanationsPart 3 Part II: Major Power InteractionChapter 4 China's International Relations: The Political and Security DimensionsChapter 5 China's International Relations: The Economic DimensionChapter 6 Japan's International Relations: The Political and Security DimensionsChapter 7 Japan's International Relations: The Economic DimensionChapter 8 Russian Foreign Policy in Northeast AsiaChapter 9 U.S. Foreign Policy in Northeast AsiaPart 10 Part III: Flashpoints in the Divided NationsChapter 11 South Korea's International Relations: Challenges to Developmental Realism?Chapter 12 North Korea's International Relations: The Successful Failure?Chapter 13 Taiwan's External Relations: Identity versus SecurityPart 14 Part IV: Region BuildingChapter 15 The Emerging Northeast Asian Regional Order