Fires across the water
Subtitle: transnational problems in Asia
By: edited by James Shinn.
Contributors: Shinn, James.
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Asia -- Economic conditions -- 1945-; Asia -- Social conditions.; Asia -- Foreign relations.
Description: This book argues that Asia's transnational problems - once dismissed as distant "fires across the water" - are rudely forcing themselves onto the diplomatic agenda, and that governments on both sides of the Pacific are unprepared to deal with these harsh challenges to global governance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A council on foreign relations book".