| Publication |
2011.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Recognizing that the broader structure of East Asia's regional order is going to
change, this paper assumes that there are three major factors to drive and facilitate
the East Asian order: (1) An existing security architecture comprised of various
bilateral and multilateral mechanisms; (2) the role of America in adjusting the current
security multilateralism to lead to it remaining cooperative and/or competitive; and
(3) the bilateral relationship of the two powers, the United States and China.
The paper argues that East Asian order has been and will be determined by the
changing state of Sino-U.S. relations. Then it explores what relationship the United
States and China engage in and where it is directed. The next section discusses what
effect the Sino-U.S. relationship has on the security order in East Asia focusing on
the major multilateral security arrangements as seen in Figure 1. To do this, the
two distinct multilateral security mechanisms, the U.S.-Japan-Australia Trilateral
Strategic Dialogue (TSD) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), will be
analyzed. Additionally, as a bridge between the United States and China for security
cooperation, the Korea-China-Japan Tripartite Cooperation Dialogue (TCD) will be
explored. The future of both Sino-U.S. relations and its relations with the East Asian
security order are dealt with in the conclusion.
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