Forging an East Asian Foreign Policy investigates the United States foreign policy process and examines the evolution of U.S. foreign policy in the Post-Cold War. Conklin presents a broad survey of the global political climate to illustrate the current trends in world politics and analyzes the Clinton administration's reaction to these trends. Using the People's Republic of China as its primary example, the book then concentrates on the administration's emphasis on Asian diplomacy as a national security priority. Conklin makes extensive use of high level U.S. political statements and the speeches of U.S. policy makers in his examination. Contents: A New World, A New Agenda; Pacific Prominence; The Late Model Middle Kingdom; Most Favored Debate; Considerations and Conclusions for a New Age.