INTRODUCTIONS 9
The Future of America’s Alliances in Northeast Asia 11
America’s Asia Strategy During the Busgh Asministration 25
JAPAN 33
The Japan-US Alliance in evolution 35
The Changing American Government Perspectives on the Missions and strategic Focus of the US-Japan Alliance 49
Japanese Adjustments to the Security alliance with the United States: Evolution of Policy on the Roles of the self-Defense Force 73
US-Japan Defense Cooperation: Can Japan Become the Great Britain of Asia? Should It? 91
The Japan-US Alliance and Japanese Domestic Politics: Sources of Change,Prospects for the Future 105
Korea 199
Shaping Change and Cultivarting Ideas in the US-ROK Alliance 121
The United States and South Korea: An Alliance Adrift 147
Challenges for the ROK-US Alliance in the Twenty-First Century 157
ROK-US Defense Cooperation 177
Changes in the combined Operations arrangement in Korea 191
Demestic Politics and the Changing Contours of the ROK-US Alliance :The End of the Status Quo 199
CHINA 199
US-China Relations and America’s Pacific Alliances in the Post-9/11 Era 221
China and America’s Northeast Asian Alliances: Approaches,Politics,and Dilemmas 237
Contributors 251