The United States in the Asia-Pacific since 1945

Abstract

In a fast-moving and incisive narrative, Roger Buckley examines America's close and continuous relationship with the Asia-Pacific region from the end of the Pacific War to the first days of the Presidency of George W. Bush. The author traces the responses of the United States government to the major crises in the area through the Cold War decades and the initial post-Cold War years. He demonstrates how the US sought to maintain its dominant regional position through a series of security alliances and its own political, military and economic strengths. Professor Buckley examines the subject from geopolitical perspectives to provide a gateway to the understanding of a complex region certain to be of global importance in the twenty-first century.

Fear Factor: Northeast Asian Responses to China's Rise

“…151 Combined with the existence of the US alliance network, these structural features militate against Mearsheimer's view of inevitable conflict and reassure Washington's Northeast Asian partners. 152 Relating these arguments directly to the surveys, it should be noted that they reveal a strong awareness of the US role in maintaining regional stability. Equally important, they also indicate a preference for a continued US security presence in Northeast Asia, which contrary to Mearsheimer's claims, is likely to continue into the foreseeable future.…”

La Guerra de Corea y la República Popular China: una aproximación constructivista

“…En los años de posguerra Asia fue un área de creciente interés geoestratégico para los Estados Unidos (Buckley, 2007). La Guerra Civil en China, de 1946 a 1949, terminó con la victoria comunista y la proclamación de la República Popular el 1 de octubre de 1949 (Murphey, 2009).…”

“…shek, habían fracasado en su apoyo (Buckley, 2007). La "pérdida" de China presionó a la administración Truman para que dibujara la línea de contención en Asia, aunque para entonces la mayoría de los políticos estadunidenses deseaban evitar una guerra terrestre en este continente (Painter, 1999).…”

India-US Relations Through the Lens of Cold War: The Time of Estranged Relations (Brief Overview)

“…Propagating their ideologies and different ways of living, the US and USSR formed security alliance pacts, such as NATO, SEATO, and Warsaw Pact, to counter each other's game plan. India, in its turn, preferred to stay away from all security pacts and chose a neutral stance [1]. Despite the US efforts to coerce India into an alliance, India held on to its position of non-interference.…”