Asia and Reagan's global strategic design / James C. Hsiung -- In search of a strategy, the Reagan administration and security in Northeast Asia / Norman D. Levin -- U.S.-China military ties, implications for the U.S. / Robert G. Sutter -- Emergence of an "independent" Chinese foreign policy and shifts in Sino-U.S. relations / Carol Lee Hamrin -- The Reagan administration's Southeast Asian policy / John W. Garver -- In search of peace in the Middle East / Winberg Chai -- Invisible enemies, conflict and translation in Soviet-U.S. relations / Paul H. Borsuk -- National security and the policy paradox / James C. Hsiung.