Introduction : thinking trilaterally about big power relations in Asia / David M. Lampton -- Chinese and American views of national security / Amy P. Celico -- Taiwan's role in the China-Japan-U.S. trilateral relationship / Gregory C. May -- Defense or security? : the U.S.-Japan defense guidelines and China / Michael J. Green -- China-Japan-U.S. economic relations at a crossroads / Daniel H. Rosen -- Korea's influence on northeast Asian major power relations / Scott Synder -- Violence and major power coordination in Asia / Evan A. Feigenbaum
Notes
"This volume is the collection of papers written by young American scholars and researchers who were under the guidance of David M. Lampton and Peter F. Geither...The group participated in a dialogue mission to Shanghai, Beijing, and Tokyo in October 1999...While in Japan, the group also attended the Global ThinkNet Chiba Conference, where the first drafts of the chapters in this volume were presented. The China-Japan-U.S. Research and Dialogue Project is a key activity under the Global ThinkNet scheme launched by the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) in 1996" -- p.8