Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- A Note on Conventions -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Challenge of a New World Emerging -- 2 Where Geography Still Matters -- 3 Six Critical Junctures and Eurasia's Transformation -- 4 Comparative Energy...

Despite the enduring importance of the U.S.-Japan security alliance, the broader relationship between the two countries is today beset by sobering new difficulties. In this comprehensive comparative analysis of the transpacific alliance and its political, economic, and social foundations, Kent...