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What will the regional order in Northeast Asia look like in the next 15–20 years? Will the hub-and-spoke bilateral alliance system anchored by the US prevail? There certainly exists a dichotomy of views in response. While the (neo-)realist school of thought founded on the perpetual predominance of US military forces foresees US prevalence as a dominant power and no substantial change in its regional primacy the (neo-)liberal school of thought argues for a fundamental change to occur as a result of significant decline in US economic power and persistent ‘out of touch’ approach to regional affairs. It particularly becomes problematic for the US if it insists on adhering to the old tactics of alliance and ignoring the fast-changing facet of reality in regional politics, economics, and security.
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Choo, J. (2014). Non-Traditional Security Cooperation and Northeast Asian Regional Order. In: Atanassova-Cornelis, E., van der Putten, FP. (eds) Changing Security Dynamics in East Asia. Critical Studies of the Asia Pacific Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137364180_10
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