Book/Printed Material Assessing the prospects for great power cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

Title

• Assessing the prospects for great power cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

Summary

• Can the United States find ways to cooperate with China or Russia in the Indo-Pacific, either to temper geopolitical rivalry or as a strategy to use cooperation with one of the two countries as an advantage against the other? Using official U.S., Chinese, and Russian policy documents, leadership statements, and other sources, the authors of this report assess the prospects for great power cooperation on seven issues: securing a free and open Indo-Pacific, ensuring the defense of key allies and partners, expanding cooperation with new partners in Southeast Asia, ensuring peace in the Taiwan Strait, achieving the denuclearization of North Korea, countering terrorism, and deepening U.S. geostrategic ties with India. The authors find that, because of the divergence in the three countries' strategic views and policy goals, there is little room for U.S. cooperation with China or Russia in the Indo-Pacific. This implies that cooperation in order to tamp down competitive pressures or to drive wedges between Beijing and Moscow is an unpromising approach to managing ties or competition with these great powers. Instead, the United States will be better off focusing on preparations for long-term competition than striving to turn Beijing and Moscow against each other. This research was completed in September 2020, before the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and before the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. It has not been subsequently revised.

Names

• Harold, Scott W., author
• Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Nathan, author
• Kim, Soo, author
• Rand Corporation

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2023]

Contents

• Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: American, Chinese, and Russian Objectives in the Indo-Pacific -- Chapter Three: Maintaining a Peaceful and Open Regional Order -- Chapter Four: Promoting and Preserving Regional Alliances -- Chapter Five: Expanding Strategic Cooperation with Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam -- Chapter Six: Managing Cross-Strait Differences Between China and Taiwan -- Chapter Seven: Achieving the Denuclearization of North Korea -- Chapter Eight: Countering Terrorism and Violent Islamist Extremism in Afghanistan and Southeast Asia -- Chapter Nine: India's Regional Role and Strategic Orientation -- Chapter Ten: Conclusions and Recommendations.

Headings

• -  National security--International cooperation
• -  Strategic rivalries (World politics)
• -  Great powers--Foreign relations
• -  Security, International
• -  Indo-Pacific Region--Strategic aspects
• -  United States--Foreign relations--China--21st century
• -  United States--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation)--21st century
• -  China--Foreign relations--United States--21st century
• -  Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--United States--21st century
• -  Diplomatic relations
• -  International cooperation
• -  Strategic aspects of individual places
• -  China
• -  Indo-Pacific Region
• -  Russia (Federation)
• -  United States
• -  2000-2099

Notes

• -  "RAND Project Air Force."
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references.
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xi, 197 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

• JZ5588

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739097

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739097

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739097

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