The United States-Japan-China Triangle in the Post-Cold War Early Decades: A Case Study of Applied Political Science

Bertrand Russell said: “There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”; both motives apply to “The United States-Japan-China Triangle in the post-Cold War Early Decades: A Case Study of Applied Political Science.” First, you enjoy reading this book because it relates to the precarious state of world affairs after the Cold War, particularly the increasingly rising tensions within this US-Japan-China troubled triangle over power and security calculations in the New World Order of Pax Americana. Second, you can boast about the manuscript, as it has transpired that it was ahead of its time because it did anticipate the three paths of the U.S. foreign policy trajectory in East Asia in the following decades after the end of the Cold War: China would have to be either engaged or contained, North Korea would need to be disarmed from any nuclear weaponry, and Russia ought to be reminded from time to time of the strong U.S. military presence in the region.

Dr. Lanouar Ben Hafsa

University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), France