Zhiqun Zhu is John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair in East Asian Politics and Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Bucknell University, USA. He is the author of China's New Diplomacy: Rationale, Strategies and Significance (Ashgate, 2010); Understanding East Asia's Economic "Miracles" (Association for Asian Studies, 2009); US-China Relations in the 21st Century (Routledge, 2006); and The People's Republic of China Today: Internal and External Challenges (ed., World Scientific Publishing, 2010).

"The East Asian states have gone through tremendous economic, political and social change since the end of WWII, and this edited volume provides a truly comparative view of these changes and their implications for security, political economy and society in the region.  This volume will be especially valuable to those interested in how the new political economy and security relationships in the region might influence regional political or social change, especially as seen in Mary Alice Haddad's chapter on media and environmental politics in East Asia." -Jessica C. Teets, Associate Editor, Journal of Chinese Political Science and Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Middlebury College, USA

• Introduction: East Asian Politics Today; Zhiqun Zhu; Part I. Security and Foreign Policy; 1. China's Rise and East Asian Security; Hochul Lee; 2. The Changing US Role and the Shifting Regional Order in East Asia; Il Hyun Cho; 3. The Era of "Ibis Diplomacy" in Japan-China Relations?; Mary M. McCarthy; 4. Cross-Strait Relations Today: Challenges and Opportunities; Chunjuan Nancy Wei; 5. The Rise and Fall of Anti-Americanism in South Korea; Heon Joo Jung; Part II. The New Political Economy; 6. Economic Globalization, Democracy, and Social Protection: Welfare Capitalism in East Asia; Mason M.S. Kim; 7. East Asia in the Digital Age: National Innovation Strategies of China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan; Carin Holroyd and Ken Coates; 8. Media and Environmental Politics in East Asia; Mary Alice Haddad; 9. Environmental Legislation in East Asia: Rationale and Significance; Matthew A. Shapiro; 10. East Asian Women and the Military: Victors and Victims; Lana Obradovic; Part III. Changing Societies; 11. China's Rising Generation: College-Educated Youth in the Reform Era; Teresa Wright; 12. A "Natural" State? Nature and Nation in North Korea; Carol Ann Medlicott; 13. A Global "Chinawood"? China's Cultural Policy toward Global Hollywood in the New Century; Wendy Su; 14. Japan's Belated Policy Development toward a Gender-Equal Society; Atsuko Sato; 15. The Local People's Congress and Grassroots Democracy in China; Diqing Lou.

Zhiqun Zhu is John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair in East Asian Politics and Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Bucknell University, USA. He is the author of China's New Diplomacy: Rationale, Strategies and Significance (Ashgate, 2010); Understanding East Asia's Economic "Miracles" (Association for Asian Studies, 2009); US-China Relations in the 21st Century (Routledge, 2006); and The People's Republic of China Today: Internal and External Challenges (ed., World Scientific Publishing, 2010).

"The East Asian states have gone through tremendous economic, political and social change since the end of WWII, and this edited volume provides a truly comparative view of these changes and their implications for security, political economy and society in the region.  This volume will be especially valuable to those interested in how the new political economy and security relationships in the region might influence regional political or social change, especially as seen in Mary Alice Haddad's chapter on media and environmental politics in East Asia." -Jessica C. Teets, Associate Editor, Journal of Chinese Political Science and Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Middlebury College, USA

• Introduction: East Asian Politics Today; Zhiqun Zhu; Part I. Security and Foreign Policy; 1. China's Rise and East Asian Security; Hochul Lee; 2. The Changing US Role and the Shifting Regional Order in East Asia; Il Hyun Cho; 3. The Era of "Ibis Diplomacy" in Japan-China Relations?; Mary M. McCarthy; 4. Cross-Strait Relations Today: Challenges and Opportunities; Chunjuan Nancy Wei; 5. The Rise and Fall of Anti-Americanism in South Korea; Heon Joo Jung; Part II. The New Political Economy; 6. Economic Globalization, Democracy, and Social Protection: Welfare Capitalism in East Asia; Mason M.S. Kim; 7. East Asia in the Digital Age: National Innovation Strategies of China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan; Carin Holroyd and Ken Coates; 8. Media and Environmental Politics in East Asia; Mary Alice Haddad; 9. Environmental Legislation in East Asia: Rationale and Significance; Matthew A. Shapiro; 10. East Asian Women and the Military: Victors and Victims; Lana Obradovic; Part III. Changing Societies; 11. China's Rising Generation: College-Educated Youth in the Reform Era; Teresa Wright; 12. A "Natural" State? Nature and Nation in North Korea; Carol Ann Medlicott; 13. A Global "Chinawood"? China's Cultural Policy toward Global Hollywood in the New Century; Wendy Su; 14. Japan's Belated Policy Development toward a Gender-Equal Society; Atsuko Sato; 15. The Local People's Congress and Grassroots Democracy in China; Diqing Lou.

Zhiqun Zhu is John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair in East Asian Politics and Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Bucknell University, USA. He is the author of China's New Diplomacy: Rationale, Strategies and Significance (Ashgate, 2010); Understanding East Asia's Economic "Miracles" (Association for Asian Studies, 2009); US-China Relations in the 21st Century (Routledge, 2006); and The People's Republic of China Today: Internal and External Challenges (ed., World Scientific Publishing, 2010).

"The East Asian states have gone through tremendous economic, political and social change since the end of WWII, and this edited volume provides a truly comparative view of these changes and their implications for security, political economy and society in the region.  This volume will be especially valuable to those interested in how the new political economy and security relationships in the region might influence regional political or social change, especially as seen in Mary Alice Haddad's chapter on media and environmental politics in East Asia." -Jessica C. Teets, Associate Editor, Journal of Chinese Political Science and Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Middlebury College, USA

• Introduction: East Asian Politics Today; Zhiqun Zhu; Part I. Security and Foreign Policy; 1. China's Rise and East Asian Security; Hochul Lee; 2. The Changing US Role and the Shifting Regional Order in East Asia; Il Hyun Cho; 3. The Era of "Ibis Diplomacy" in Japan-China Relations?; Mary M. McCarthy; 4. Cross-Strait Relations Today: Challenges and Opportunities; Chunjuan Nancy Wei; 5. The Rise and Fall of Anti-Americanism in South Korea; Heon Joo Jung; Part II. The New Political Economy; 6. Economic Globalization, Democracy, and Social Protection: Welfare Capitalism in East Asia; Mason M.S. Kim; 7. East Asia in the Digital Age: National Innovation Strategies of China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan; Carin Holroyd and Ken Coates; 8. Media and Environmental Politics in East Asia; Mary Alice Haddad; 9. Environmental Legislation in East Asia: Rationale and Significance; Matthew A. Shapiro; 10. East Asian Women and the Military: Victors and Victims; Lana Obradovic; Part III. Changing Societies; 11. China's Rising Generation: College-Educated Youth in the Reform Era; Teresa Wright; 12. A "Natural" State? Nature and Nation in North Korea; Carol Ann Medlicott; 13. A Global "Chinawood"? China's Cultural Policy toward Global Hollywood in the New Century; Wendy Su; 14. Japan's Belated Policy Development toward a Gender-Equal Society; Atsuko Sato; 15. The Local People's Congress and Grassroots Democracy in China; Diqing Lou.