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The U.S.-China Peace: Great Power Politics, Spheres of Influence, and the Peace of East Asia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2016

Robert S. Ross
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East Asia in the post–Cold War era has been the world's most peaceful region. Whereas since 1989 there have been major wars in Europe, South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, and significant and costly civil instability in Latin America, during this same period in East Asia there have been no wars and minimal domestic turbulence. Moreover, economic growth in East Asia has been faster than in any other region in the world. East Asia seems to be the major beneficiary of pax Americana.

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Journal of East Asian Studies , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , September 2003 , pp. 351 - 375
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