TY - BOOK AU - TELLIS Ashley J AU - MARBLE Andrew TI - Strategic Asia 2009-10: economic meltdown and geopolitical stability SN - 9780981890401 (pbk.) : PY - 2009/// CY - Seattle PB - National Bureau of Asian Research KW - ASIA PACIFIC KW - ECONOMIC CRISIS KW - REGIONAL SECURITY KW - UNITED STATES KW - FOREIGN POLICY KW - ASIA N2 - Nearly all of this edition is concerned with the economic depression that began in America in 2007 and by 2009 had engulfed the world. Introductory chapters consider the role of the USA in creating the problem and the resulting impact on U.S. power; these are followed by chapters on each of China, Japan, Korea, India, Russia, and an assessment of the crisis on development in Southeast Asia. The book concludes with a special study of the strategic politics of the NPT (nuclear non-proliferation treaty) in Asia. Also features statistical tables for Asia Pacific ER -