The United States and the Asia–Pacific Region in the Postcold-War Era

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See James Morley, ed., Driven by Growth: Political Change in the Asia-Pacific Region (New Yorik: M. E. Sharpe, 1992).

In his magisterial work, The Third Wave (University of Oklahoma, 1992) Samuel Huntington offers a model that explains the East Asian exceptions. Huntington demonstrates that the two most important variables in explaining the growth of democracy are economic development and the receptivity of the political elite. In the Philippines, the elite was receptive to democratic ideas because of their experience with American colonial rule. In Singapore, on the other hand, the elite was not receptive to democratic ideology

For an analysis of the balance of power as the balance of satisfactions, see Paul W. Schroeder, “The Nineteenth Century System: Balance of Power or Political Equilibrium,” Review of international Studies, 1989, 15, 135–153.

See “Generals Not Satisfied with Policy on U.S.,” Hong Kong Cheng Ming, no. 188, FBIS-CHl-93-104, June 2, 1993, p.33.

Dov Zakheim, The New York Times, April 2, 1993.

The Japan Times, January 14, 1993.

Hadi Soesastro, “Implications of the Post-Cold War Politico-Security Environment for the Pacific Economy,” in Fred Bergsten and Marcus Noland, eds., Pacific Dynamism and the international Economic System, (Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics, 1993).

Statement of Kenneth S. Courtis in The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy (Part I): Regional Issues, Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, February 17, 1983, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office).

Vattel, as cited in Hedley Bull, The Anarchical Society (New York: Columbia University, 1977) p.101.

Edward Graham, as cited in The New York Times, July 7, 1993.

“Grabbing New World Orders,” Business Week, Special Bonus Issue, 1992.

For a comprehensive review of the cultural, political, and economic obstacles to democracy, see Huntington's The Third Wave.

Senator Malcolm Wallop, “America Needs a Post-Containment Doctrine,” Orbis, spring 1993.

Joseph S. Nye, Jr., “Coping with Japan,” Foreign Policy, winter 1992–93.

Henry Kissinger, “Why We Can't Withdraw from Asia,” The Washington Post, June 15, 1993.

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Donald S. Zagoria

Donald S. Zagoria is Senior Vice President and the Project Director of the Forum on Asia-Pacific Security at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy. The Forum runs five major track II dialogues on regional security issues in the Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining the NCAFP, Professor Zagoria was a consultant during the Carter Administration to both the National Security Council and the East Asian Bureau of the State Department. He has also worked for the RAND Corporation and taught courses on United States foreign policy and the international relations of East Asia at Hunter College for many years. Professor Zagoria earned his B.A. at Rutgers University and his M.A. and Ph.D. at Columbia University.