Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of figure and tables -- List of contributors -- Editors' preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction: The rise of East Asia: Critical visions of the Pacific Century -- The end of the miracle: Japanese politics in the post-Cold War era -- Global power or East Asian tinderbox? China in the post-Deng, post-Cold War era -- From neo-mercantilism to globalism: the changing role of the state and South Korea's economic prowess -- The new Eurasian state: Russia, the forgotten Pacific player -- Fragmented visions of Asia's next Tiger: Vietnam in the Pacific Century -- The politics of ethnicity and post-Cold War Malaysia: the dynamics of an ethnic state -- Post-Cold War Indonesia and the revenge of history: the colonial legacy, nationalist visions and global capitalism -- Anticipating the Pacific Century? Australian responses to realignments in the Asia-Pacific -- The romance of Asian capitalism: Geography, desire and Chinese business -- Localized spaces, globalized places: virtual community and geo-economics in the Asia-Pacific -- The triumph of the East? The East Asian Miracle and post-Cold War capitalism -- Conclusion: The coming of the Pacific Century: the Cold War and after in the Asia-Pacific -- Index.