Doubling Down on Asia Victor D. Cha, Power Play: The Origins of the American Alliance System in Asia (Princeton University Press, 2016). Michael R. Auslin, The End of the Asian Century: War, Stagnation and Risks to the World's Most Dynamic Region (Yale University Press, 2017).

Author

Wen-Qing (WEI Wenqing) NGOEI, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

Book Review

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

1-2018

Abstract

With the Chinese government aggressively militarizing the South China Sea and U.S. President Donald Trump scuttling the Trans-Pacific Partnership, there appears no clear answer to Beijing’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative. In fact, U.S. foreign policy thinkers are casting about for a strategy in Asia. What is to be done? Victor Cha’s Power Play and Michael Auslin’s End of the Asian Century recommends that the United States “double-down,” an expression Cha uses repeatedly, on its time-tested strategy of containing Chinese power in Asia.

Keywords

Cold War, Southeast Asia, East Asia, United States, Korean War, Asian Financial Crisis, Asian Century

Discipline

Asian Studies | International and Area Studies

Research Areas

Humanities

Publication

Orbis

Volume

62

Issue

1

First Page

154

Last Page

157

ISSN

0030-4387

Identifier

10.1016/j.orbis.2017.11.007

Publisher

Elsevier

Citation

NGOEI, Wen-Qing (WEI Wenqing).(2018). Doubling Down on Asia Victor D. Cha, Power Play: The Origins of the American Alliance System in Asia (Princeton University Press, 2016). Michael R. Auslin, The End of the Asian Century: War, Stagnation and Risks to the World's Most Dynamic Region (Yale University Press, 2017).. Orbis, 62(1), 154-157.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orbis.2017.11.007