East Asia in the World

Stephan Haggard is Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies at the University of California San Diego. He has written widely on the political economy of East Asia, including Pathways from the Periphery (1990), The Political Economy of the Asian Financial Crisis (2000), Hard Target: Sanctions, Inducements and the Case of North Korea (2017) and Developmental States (2018). He is editor of the Journal of East Asian Studies. David C. Kang is Maria Crutcher Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California and Director of the USC Korean Studies Institute. His publications include American Grand Strategy and East Asian Security in the 21st Century (2017) and East Asia Before the West: Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute (2010).

'This important book significantly advances our understanding of international relations. With interdisciplinary contributions highlighting key events in East Asia across space and time, the chapters effectively demonstrate how East Asian history should shape our theories and understanding of international politics. This is a must-read!' Michael C. Horowitz, University of Pennsylvania

• Part I. Historicizing East Asian international relations: 1. Introduction Stephan Haggard and David Kang; 2. East Asian international relations over the longue duree Kenneth M. Swope and David Kang; 3. The political economy of the East Asian maritime world in the sixteenth century Richard von Glahn; Part II. The East Asian system over time: 4. East Asia's first world war, 643–668 CE Nadia Kanagawa; 5. The founding of the Korean Chosŏn Dynasty, 1392 Ji-Young Lee; 6. The Ming invasion of Vietnam, 1407–1427 James A. Anderson; 7. Ming grand strategy during the Great East Asian War, 1592–1598 Kenneth M. Swope; 8. The Qing unification, 1618–1683 Pamela Kyle Crossley; Part III. Contact: East and West: 9: The Zheng state and the fall of Dutch Formosa, 1662 Tonio Andrade; 10. The Opium Wars of 1839–1860 Richard S. Horowitz; 11. Matthew Perry in Japan, 1852–4 Alexis Dudden; 12. Philippine national independence 1898–1904 Andrew Yeo; 13. The Sino-Japanese War, 1894–1895 Seo-Hyun Park; 14. The death of Eastphalia, 1874 Saeyoung Park; Conclusion: 15. East Asian history and international relations Andrew J. Coe and Scott Wolford.