'Strategic Adjustment and the Rise of China' demonstrates how structural and domestic variables influence how East Asian states adjust their strategy in light of the rise of China, including how China manages its own emerging role as a regional great power. The contributors note that the shifting regional balance of power has fueled escalating tensions in East Asia and suggest that adjustment challenges are exacerbated by the politics of policymaking. International and domestic pressures on policymaking are reflected in maritime territorial disputes and in the broader range of regional security issues created by the rise of China.

Power and politics in the East Asian transition -- Domestic politics and nationalism in East Asian security / Randall L. Schweller -- U.S.-China relations : from unipolar hedging toward bipolar balancing / Oystein Tunsjo -- Perception, misperception and sensitivity : Chinese economic power and preferences after the financial crisis / Daniel W. Drezner -- Two Asias? China's rise, dual structure and the alliance system in East Asia / Wang Dong -- Japan and South Korea and the rise of China : national security and nationalism -- Protecting the status quo : Japan's response to the rise of China / Ian Bowers and Bjorn Elias Mikalsen Gronning -- Popular nationalism and economic interests in China's Japan policy / James Reilly -- China's rise and security dynamics on the Korean peninsula / Chung-In Moon -- Great power relations and regional conflict -- Threading the needle : the South China Sea disputes and U.S.-China relations / M. Taylor Fravel -- The United States and China in Northeast Asia : third-party coercion and alliance relations / Robert S. Ross -- East Asia at the center : power shifts and theory / Oystein Tunsjo.