East Asia's Grand Strategies: A Twelve-Case Comparison - Paperback

by Ramon Pacheco Pardo (Editor), Jung H. Pak (Editor), Ramon Pacheco Pardo (Contribution by)

An in-depth exploration of the strategic dynamics shaping East Asia's future on the world stage

East Asia is the epicenter of twenty-first-century geopolitics, where military, economic, and diplomatic strategies intersect in complex and often unpredictable ways. As the region becomes increasingly central to global power dynamics, understanding the strategies that drive the actions of powers there is more critical than ever.

East Asia's Grand Strategies offers the first comparative analysis of the grand strategies of twelve East Asian powers and reveals how they shape their foreign policies, balancing external pressures with domestic political realities. In this edited volume, experts from the region provide non-Western perspectives and fresh insights into the unique factors influencing each case's grand strategy. The chapters illuminate patterns that are critical for understanding East Asia's role in global politics today.

Scholars, students, and policymakers interested in East Asia's international relations and the evolving dynamics of its grand strategy will be interested in this timely analysis of the strategic forces shaping the region and, by extension, the future of global power.

Author Biography

Ramon Pacheco Pardo is a professor of international relations at King's College London and the KF-VUB Korea Chair at the Brussels School of Governance of Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Jung H. Pak, PhD, was SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies at the Brookings Institution until January 2021. She served as deputy assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the US Department of State from 2021 to 2024 and is the author of Becoming Kim Jong Un (2020).