{"product_id":"asia-in-washington-exploring-the-penumbra-of-transnational-power-paperback","title":"Asia in Washington: Exploring the Penumbra of Transnational Power - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKent E. Calder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor several centuries, international relations has been primarily the purview of nation-states. Key powers have included at various times Great Britain, France, Japan, China, Russia (then the U.S.S.R., and then Russia again), and the nation most influential in international relations for the past several decades has been the United States. But in a world growing smaller, with a globalizing system increasing in complexity by the day, the nation-state paradigm is not as dominant as it once was.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAsia in Washington\u003c\/i\u003e, longtime Asia analyst Kent Calder examines the concept of \"\"global city\"\" in the context of international affairs. The term typically has been used in an economic context, referring to centers of international finance and commerce such as New York, Tokyo, and London. But Calder extends the concept to political centers as well--particularly in this case, Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImproved communications, enhanced transportation, greater economic integration and activity have created a new economic village, and global political cities are arising within the new structure--distinguished not by their CEOs or stock markets but by their influence over policy decisions, and their amassing of strategic intelligence on topics from national policy trends to geopolitical risk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCalder describes the rise of Washington, D.C., as perhaps the preeminent global political city--seat of the world's most powerful government, center of NGO and multilateral policy activity, the locale of institutions such as the World Bank and IMF, and home to numerous think tanks and universities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWithin Washington, the role of Asia is especially relevant for several reasons. It represents the core of the non-Western industrialized world and the most challenge to Western dominance. It also raises the delicate issue of how race matters in international global governance--a factor crucially important during a time of globalization. And since Asia developed later than the West, its changing role in Washington raises major issues regarding how rising powers assimilate themselves into global governance structure. How do Asian nations establish, increase, and leverage their Washington presence, and what is the impact on Washington itself and the decisions made there? Kent Calder explains it all in \u003ci\u003eAsia in Washington\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eKent E. Calder\u003c\/b\u003e is director of the Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at SAIS\/Johns Hopkins University. He is a former special adviser to the U.S. ambassador to Japan, Japan Chair at CSIS, and has been professor at Princeton University for twenty years. His books include \u003ci\u003eEmbattled Garrisons: Comparative Base Politics and American Globalism, Pacific Alliance: Reviving U.S.-Japan Relations\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Continentalism: Energy and Twenty-First Century Eurasian Geopolitics\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 366\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.94 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52618371957043,"sku":"9780815725381","price":78.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ck5hd2hDZndBOXBjM2o3T0lLSnNxZz09.webp?v=1761904693","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/asia-in-washington-exploring-the-penumbra-of-transnational-power-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}