{"product_id":"32658-america-in-the-asian-century","title":"America in the Asian Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: C Raja Mohan\u003cbr\u003eSeveral Contributors\/\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Editors(s): Maharajakrishna Rasgotra\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Amaryllis\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2013\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 188\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9789381506288\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill the United States of America have a role in Shaping the 21st century? Or will it be China’s Century? For over a decade Several narratives, coming mostly from American intellectual circles, have questioned America’s ability to maintain its leadership in the Global arena. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor a country to define a century it must have internal cohesion and stability, unmatched proficiency in science and Technology and domestic sufficiency of human and material resources. Above all, it must be accommodative of vital interests of other nations and enjoy peaceful and cooperative relations with its neighbors. While China’s rise is, indeed, the most significant development in today’s Asia, Beijing’s growing assertiveness about its ‘core interests’ has given rise to uncertainties, fear and apprehension in all its neighbors and to doubts about China’s ability and aptitude to be the leader of a modern, globalised world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book attempts and assessment of the quality and extent of America’s presence in and policies towards various regions of Asia, from Russia in the West through Central Asia, the Arab region, South  and Southeast Asia to East Asia. It concludes that America’s balanced relations with Major Asian powers will be the catalyst of stability and peace in the Asian Century, which may, after all, turn out to be an American Century in Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn incisive and sagacious compilation by a career diplomat that delineates the role of the US in Asia over the last decades following the Second World War…. The essays presented in America in the Asian Century are well researched to provide a pertinent, concise analysis of the fibre of politics of the region while remaining ever alive to their historical context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom experts in their own realms of study we are given a true view substantiated by facts and statistics. The purview of each sub-region culminates in an intellectual panorama of the proactive role the US has fulfilled in many a political drama of Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Maharajakrishna Rasgotra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tThe United States in Northeast Asia by K.V. Kesavan\u003cbr\u003e2.\tThe US-China Engagement by Uma Purushothaman\u003cbr\u003e3.\tThe United States in Southeast Asia by K. Yhome\u003cbr\u003e4.\tThe United States and South Asia by C. Raja Mohan\u003cbr\u003e5.\tIs America Leaving Afghanistan? By Saeed Naqvi\u003cbr\u003e6.\tThe United States and the Arab World by Uma Purushothaman\u003cbr\u003e7.\tThe United States in Central Asia by Angira Sen Sarma\u003cbr\u003e8.\tUS Engagement with Russia by Ajish P. Joy\u003cbr\u003eThe Contributors\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"C Raja Mohan \/ Amaryllis \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776643248297,"sku":"32658","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/32658_f8ffa6a2-2f57-4f81-846e-8628a81d9ba8.jpg?v=1625571228","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/32658-america-in-the-asian-century","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}