Hegemony, Hierarchy, And Transition In Post-Cold War East Asia

In The Struggle for Order: Hegemony, Hierarchy, and Transition in Post-Cold War East Asia Goh focuses on the Sino-U.S rivalry and collaboration over the decades. Goh also examines the behaviors exhibited by other powers like Japan, South Korea, and ASEAN countries. Goh’s objective in this book is to analyze and discuss the complicated international relations realities in East Asia in the post-Cold War era. The Struggle for Order: Hegemony, Hierarchy, and Transition in Post-Cold War East Asia is written from an “international society” perspective advanced by English school scholars like Hedly Bull and others. Goh discusses how the world order has changed since the end of the Cold War. Goh examines whether the United States still has the reins of global power or is global power shifting to the East with the rise of China. Goh believes that existing international relations ideas about the balance of power and power transitions are inadequate in today’s world. Goh addresses the subject of the balance of power and attempts to provide a new interpretation of the changing scope and degree of U.S world power. Goh believes that an “order transition” to Asia is taking place. And U.S is losing power and influence in the world order. According to Goh, hegemonic power is primarily based on coercion and …show more content…
China has also ben unwilling to shoulder great power responsibilities than many would expect from a rising power. At the same time, smaller states and non-state actors now play a more significant role in shaping the global order. With that said, non-great power states in East Asia do not conform to theoretical expectations in their strategic choices. According to Goh, non-state actors proliferate multilateral institutions, and seem to have an usual ability to shape and hinder great power