Includes maps of: Shanghai Circle; Korean Peninsula during the Korean War; Northeast Asia in Broader Regional Context; Grand Design of Northeast Asia; Transnational Information Technology Clusters in China; Korea's Strategic Location; Geographical Concentration of Asian Americans.

Northeast Asia in global perspective -- Theories of Asian institutional development: changing context and critical junctures -- The organization gap in historical perspective: war in Korea and the first critical juncture -- Overcoming the organization gap: crises and critical junctures (1994-2008) -- Visions of a more cohesive regional future -- Deepening web of regional connectedness -- The transformation of China's regional policies -- Catalysts: Korea and ASEAN in the making of Northeast Asia -- Japan's dilemma and the making of Northeast Asia -- The United States and Northeast Asian regionalism.