| ID | 085523 |
| Title Proper | How Bush bungled Asia |
| Other Title Information | militarism, economic indifference and unilateralism have weakened the United States across Asia |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Pempel, T J |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Criticism of the Bush administration's policies in East Asia is hardly common fare. Roseate colors certainly pervade the picture painted by defenders of Bush's policies toward Asia who argue that relations between the US and that region have never been better. This paper shows to the contrary that the Bush administration politicized wide swaths of public policy, including foreign relations, in an effort to create a permanent Republican electoral majority. That effort created a host of failures in America's Asian relations. The article focuses on three central problems: excessive militarization of American foreign policy; economic mismanagement; and a unilateralism that distanced the US from the rising Asian regionalism. The failures are not irreversible however and a change in administration has the potential to revitalize cross Pacific ties. |
| `In' analytical Note | Pacific Review Vol. 21, No. 5; Dec 2008: 547-581 |
| Journal Source | Pacific Review Vol. 21, No. 5; Dec 2008: 547-581 |
| Key Words | Bush - Foreign Policy ; Asia - Militarism ; Unilateralism ; Political Economy - United States ; Unites States - Foreign Policy |