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GAMES OF CONFLICT AND COOPERATION IN ASIA GEBUNDEN

This edited volume is an outcome of the first major collaborative project between Japanese
economists and political scientists  funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
The authors of the individual chapters show that Asian states play games of conflict and
cooperation strategically by creating  changing  or destroying institutions. For them  conflict
and cooperation are inseparable phenomena and are integral parts of states' strategic
interactions under constraints. Through the establishment of appropriate institutions that
coordinate states' actions  present conflict can be turned into stable cooperation in the
future. No discernible difference exists in the extent of rationality between the East and the
West  but substantial variations between regions or even within a region are found in
institutions that are influenced by history and culture. Historical and cultural variations
divide contemporary Asia  making regional institutional cooperation difficult and prompting
some Asian states to use global or inter-regional arrangements in order to obtain benefits of
cooperation. Qualifications are provided for this line of argument in the first chapter  which
also discusses the affinity of international relations theory and game theory  with special
attention to Japan and Asia. The following ten substantive chapters are developed based on the
conceptual framework and  for integrity and coherence  are sub-grouped into four parts that
correspond to major issues in international relations scholarship: (1) conflict management  (2)
arms control  (3) trade  and (4) currency.

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