William R. Thompson is a Distinguished Professor and the Donald A. Rogers Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Indiana University, USA.Thomas J. Volgy is a Professor of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona, USA.

• 1. Re-evaluating the East Asian Peace? 2. Transformational versus Confluential Peace: The East Asian Peace and How Five Models Work Better Together Than Apart 3. Regional and Extra-regional Conflict in East Asia: An Analysis of Political Events, 1985-2018 4. How Solid is the Third Leg of the Kantian Triad? Exploring the Relationship Between Trade and Peace in East Asia 5. Hierarchy and Political Capacity in East Asia’s Post-Cold War Regional Order 6. The East Asian Peace and the Emergence of the Indo-Pacific 7. Explaining the Rising Chinese Nationalist Revisionism: Implications for Regional Stability 8. Taiwan as a Flash Point: Possible Lessons from the War in Ukraine 9. There is no East Asian Balancing against China 10. Conclusion: Whither the East Asian Peace?

William R. Thompson is a Distinguished Professor and the Donald A. Rogers Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Indiana University, USA.Thomas J. Volgy is a Professor of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona, USA.

• 1. Re-evaluating the East Asian Peace? 2. Transformational versus Confluential Peace: The East Asian Peace and How Five Models Work Better Together Than Apart 3. Regional and Extra-regional Conflict in East Asia: An Analysis of Political Events, 1985-2018 4. How Solid is the Third Leg of the Kantian Triad? Exploring the Relationship Between Trade and Peace in East Asia 5. Hierarchy and Political Capacity in East Asia’s Post-Cold War Regional Order 6. The East Asian Peace and the Emergence of the Indo-Pacific 7. Explaining the Rising Chinese Nationalist Revisionism: Implications for Regional Stability 8. Taiwan as a Flash Point: Possible Lessons from the War in Ukraine 9. There is no East Asian Balancing against China 10. Conclusion: Whither the East Asian Peace?

William R. Thompson is a Distinguished Professor and the Donald A. Rogers Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Indiana University, USA.Thomas J. Volgy is a Professor of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona, USA.

• 1. Re-evaluating the East Asian Peace? 2. Transformational versus Confluential Peace: The East Asian Peace and How Five Models Work Better Together Than Apart 3. Regional and Extra-regional Conflict in East Asia: An Analysis of Political Events, 1985-2018 4. How Solid is the Third Leg of the Kantian Triad? Exploring the Relationship Between Trade and Peace in East Asia 5. Hierarchy and Political Capacity in East Asia’s Post-Cold War Regional Order 6. The East Asian Peace and the Emergence of the Indo-Pacific 7. Explaining the Rising Chinese Nationalist Revisionism: Implications for Regional Stability 8. Taiwan as a Flash Point: Possible Lessons from the War in Ukraine 9. There is no East Asian Balancing against China 10. Conclusion: Whither the East Asian Peace?