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Asia Policy 8 (July 2009)

ISSN 1559-0968 | PDF - $19.95

The eighth issue of NBR’s journal Asia Policy features a roundtable of experts on defining a "healthy" military balance in the Taiwan Strait and articles on North Korean domestic politics, India's foreign policy establishment, and the Chinese military's new information office. A book review roundtable on China’s Water Warriors, a review essay on three recent books that address the rise of China, and books reviews on Asia, Sri Lanka, and China are also included.

Table of Contents

Roundtables
Defining a Healthy Balance Across the Taiwan Strait
Robert G. Sutter, Jianwei Wang, J. Bruce Jacobs, Alan M. Wachman, Ji You and Nancy Bernkopf Tucker

Articles
Pyongyang Strikes Back: North Korean Policies of 2002–08 and Attempts to Reverse "De-Stalinization from Below"
Andrei Lankov

Developing India’s Foreign Policy "Software"
Daniel Markey

Media Relations in China’s Military: The Case of the Ministry of National Defense Information Office
Matthew Boswell

Book Review Roundtables
Andrew C. Mertha’s CHINA'S WATER WARRIORS: CITIZEN ACTION AND POLICY CHANGE
David M. Lampton, Anna Brettell, Teh-chang Lin, Yawei Liu, Peter Ford and Andrew Mertha

Review Essays
To Assess the Rise of China
Fei-Ling Wang

Book Reviews
Book reviews – Asia Policy 8
Ellen L. Frost, A.R.M. Imtiyaz, Yuan-Kang Wang, Barrett L. McCormick and William Ratliff

The Pacific Health Summit connects science, industry, and policy for a healthier world.
The John M. Shalikashvili Chair in National Security Studies advances the study of national security issues and U.S. interests in Asia.
The Kenneth B. and Anne H.H. Pyle Center for Northeast Asian Studies studies the affairs of the region.