TY - JOUR
T1 - East Asia’s strategic positioning toward China
T2 - identifying and accounting for intra-regional variations
AU - Chung, Jae Ho
AU - Kim, Hun Joon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Australian Institute of International Affairs.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Relatively few systematic and categorical studies have been conducted on the variant responses by East Asian states to the rise of China, and even fewer dealt with reasons for such intra-regional variations. This study seeks to fill the void by examining the strategic responses by 15 East Asian states for the period of 2011–2016. This period merits close scrutiny because China became more explicitly assertive. The research proceeds in two phases. First, by way of reading into the expert assessments in academic journals, the strategic responses of the 15 states are categorised into balancing, hedging, or bandwagoning. Second, statistical analyses are conducted to see how the intra-regional variations are related to unit-level factors. Of the seven variables analyzed, three–geographical proximity, democracy, and identity–turn out to be crucial in determining the East Asian states’ strategic responses.
AB - Relatively few systematic and categorical studies have been conducted on the variant responses by East Asian states to the rise of China, and even fewer dealt with reasons for such intra-regional variations. This study seeks to fill the void by examining the strategic responses by 15 East Asian states for the period of 2011–2016. This period merits close scrutiny because China became more explicitly assertive. The research proceeds in two phases. First, by way of reading into the expert assessments in academic journals, the strategic responses of the 15 states are categorised into balancing, hedging, or bandwagoning. Second, statistical analyses are conducted to see how the intra-regional variations are related to unit-level factors. Of the seven variables analyzed, three–geographical proximity, democracy, and identity–turn out to be crucial in determining the East Asian states’ strategic responses.
KW - balancing
KW - bandwagoning
KW - China
KW - East Asia
KW - hedging
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85132828734&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10357718.2022.2091514
DO - 10.1080/10357718.2022.2091514
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85132828734
SN - 1035-7718
JO - Australian Journal of International Affairs
JF - Australian Journal of International Affairs
ER -