1. The Three-Power Gamble.
- Author
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Axelbank, Albert and Nakamura, Koji
- Subjects
INTERNATIONAL relations ,INTERNATIONAL alliances ,CAPITALISM - Abstract
The article authors are of the view that recognition of China would lead to unlocking the shackles that have so far confined the Chinese giant, and allowed Japan and the U.S. to operate virtually undisturbed in an area that is historically, ethnically, economically and politically akin to China. Thus the trans-Pacific agreement is important to the maintenance of these economic superpowers. It means a gamble that a Tokyo-Washington alliance, based partly on Sino-Soviet petulance, can chaperone Japanese-American capitalism, more or less intact, into the 21st century. In order to "win" this three-way international bet, the U.S. must hold Japan and China apart; and Japan must keep itself and the U.S. aloof from China.
- Published
- 1970