This original and detailed collection explores how regional actors deal with uncertainties that are inherent to the current geopolitical situation in East Asia. The contributors collectively demonstrate that strategic uncertainty has become a major factor in the shaping of the security order in East Asia.

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Jaewoo Choo, Kyung Hee University, Korea Alexis Littlefield, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan Larry Niksch, independent researcher Shi Yinhong, Renmin University of China in Beijing, China Robert Sutter George Washington University, USA Carlyle A. Thayer, University of New South Wales, Australia Quansheng Zhao, University in Washington, USA Elena Atanassova-Cornelis, University of Kent, UK Frans-Paul van der Putten, Clingendael, The Netherlands Nick Bisley, La Trobe, Australia Kuniko Ashizawa, American University, USA Alice D. Ba, American University, USA

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Introduction: Why strategic uncertainty?; Elena Atanassova-Cornelis and Frans-Paul Van der Putten PART I: EVOLVING REGIONAL SECURITY ORDER IN EAST ASIA - KEY PERSPECTIVES 1. Theoretical Approaches to Asia's Changing Security Order; Nick Bisley 2. East Asian Security, Policy Debates and American Leadership; Robert Sutter 3. China's Approach to the US Role in East Asia: The Dynamics of Volatile Competition; Shi Yinhong PART II: EAST ASIAN RESPONSES TO STRATEGIC UNCERTAINTY 4. 'Keeping the United States In': Japan and Regional Order in East Asia; Kuniko Ashizawa 5. The US Security Role in South Korea: Issues that Test South Korean Confidence in the US Commitment; Larry Niksch 6. Political Resolve and Strategic Uncertainty in Taiwan-US Relations; Alexis Littlefield 7. New Strategic Uncertainty and Security Order in Southeast Asia; Carlyle A. Thayer PART III: ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF REGIONAL SECURITY ORDER 8. A US-China Dual Leadership in East Asia?; Quansheng Zhao 9. Non-Traditional Security Cooperation and Northeast Asian Regional Order; Jaewoo Choo 10. Power Bumps on the Way to Regional Community: Asia's Mixed Security Logics; Alice Ba Conclusion: A post-US regional order in the making? East Asia's security futures; Frans-Paul van der Putten and Elena Atanassova-Corne