This text examines the implications of two strategic and economic transformations in the East Asia region: the demise of the Soviet Union; and the emergence of new East Asian economic powers that have transformed regional economic relations.

Preface, Introduction: East Asia in Transition Part I: Economic and Political Change in East Asia 1. Economic Change and the Challenge of Uncertainty 2. Wealth, Power, and Conflict: East Asia after the Cold War Part II: The Great Powers 3. Russia and East Asia after the Cold War 4. China and the Stability of East Asia 5. Japan as an Asia-Pacific Power 6. The United States and the Asia-Pacific Region in the Post-Cold War Era Part III: The Local Powers 7. Korea in the Cold War and Its Aftermath 8. A Giant Treads Carefully: Indonesia's Foreign Policy in the 1990s 9. From Domino to Dominant: Thailand's Security Policies in the Twenty-First Century 10. Vietnam's Foreign Policy in the Post-Soviet Era: Coping with Vulnerability Part IV: Toward a New Regional Order 11. Political Transformation of Communist States: Impact on the International Order in East Asia 12. International Order and Organization in the Asia-Pacific Region