{"product_id":"japans-new-regional-reality-geoeconomic-strategy-in-the-asia-pacific-9780231190732","title":"Japan's New Regional Reality: Geoeconomic Strategy in the Asia-Pacific","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the mid-1990s, Japan's regional economic strategy has transformed. Once characterized by bilateralism, informality, and neomercantilism, Japanese policy has shifted to a new liberal strategy emphasizing regional institution building and rule setting. As two major global powers, China and the United States, wrestle over economic advantages, Japan currently occupies a pivotal position capable of tipping the geoeconomic balance in the region. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJapan's New Regional Reality\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive analysis of Japan's geoeconomic strategy that reveals the country's role in shaping regional economic order in the Asia-Pacific. Saori N. Katada explains Japanese foreign economic policy in light of both international and domestic dynamics. She points out the hurdles to implementing a state-led liberal strategy, detailing how domestic political and institutional changes have been much slower and stickier than the changing regional economics. Katada highlights state-market relations and shows how big businesses have responded to the country's interventionist policies. The book covers a wide range of economic issues including trade, investment, finance, currency, and foreign aid. \u003ci\u003eJapan's New Regional Reality\u003c\/i\u003e is a meticulously researched study of the dynamics that have contributed to economic and political realities in the Asia-Pacific today, with significant implications for future regional trends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSaori N. Katada is professor of international relations at the University of Southern California. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBanking on Stability: Japan and the Cross-Pacific Dynamics of International Financial Crisis Management\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe BRICS and Collective Financial Statecraft\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and \u003ci\u003eTaming Japan's Deflation: The Debate Over Unconventional Monetary Policy\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), among other works.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50369143570706,"sku":"9780231190732","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b99cdc33-e35f-420e-86b6-a717b3d14c8b.jpg?v=1728521908","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/japans-new-regional-reality-geoeconomic-strategy-in-the-asia-pacific-9780231190732","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}