文档介绍：Asia, America, and the Transformation
of Geopolitics
American security and prosperity now depend on Asia. William H. Overholt off ers an iconoclastic
analysis of developments in each major Asian country, Asian international relations, and . foreign
policy. Drawing on decades of political and business experience, he argues that obsolete Cold War
structures tie the . increasingly to an otherwise isolated Japan and obscure the reality that a .-
Chinese bicondominium now manages most Asian issues. Military priorities risk polarizing the region
unnecessarily, weaken the economic relationships that engendered American preeminence, and ironi-
cally enhance Chinese infl uence. As a result, despite its Cold War victory, . infl uence in Asia is
declining. Overholt disputes that democracy promotion will lead to superior development and peace,
and forecasts a new era in which Asian geopolitics could take a drastically diff erent shape. Covering
Japan, China, Russia, Central Asia, India, Pakistan, Korea, and Southeast Asia, Overholt off ers invalu-
able insights for scholars, policymakers, business people, and general readers.
William H. Overholt is Director of RAND’s Center for Asia Pacifi c Policy and holds the Asia Policy
Research Chair at the Center. Previously Dr. Overholt was Joint Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy
School and Asia Center. After eight years at a think tank consulting on national security issues, he
ran investment bank research teams, mainly in Asia, from 1980 to 2001, and served as a consultant to
several major political fi gures in Asia. He is the author of six books, including Th e Rise of China (1993),
which won the Mainichi News/Asian Aff airs Research Center Special Book Prize.
Asia, America, and the Transformation
of Geopolitics
William H. Overholt
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