Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 2007. / Adviser: Teresa Mastin. Includes bibliographical references.

Revision of Thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University, 1978. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-170) and index.

Thesis (M.A.C.E.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-99).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., 1998. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-201).

Thesis--Freie Universität Berlin. / Bibliography: p. 586-779.

Revision of thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University, 1978. / Includes index. Bibliography: p. 157-170.

Relations among China, the United States, and Japan constitute some of the most complicated and dynamic relations in the contemporary era. Since the end of the second half of the twentieth century, all three nations, which were not in favor of regional multilateralism, have changed their strategy and have actively engaged in regional Asia-Pacific institutions. This research attempts to integrate realist discourse on the balance of power and liberal analysis of institutions to look at the China–U.S.–Japan interactions within regional institutions. This study explores why China, the United States, and Japan have increased their cooperative interaction in regional institutions in the Asia-Pacific region, despite having divergent interests and different visions of the future regional power structure. By searching and analyzing archives documenting China–U.S.–Japan regional policies and policies directed at regional institutions and observing in detail China– U.S.–Japan interactions within Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), this dissertation argues that institutional balancing provides a framework that helps identify countries’ overlooked intention to check and balance targeted powers in regional institutions. Regional institutions not only provide an opportunity for participant countries to discover and address common interests but also provide an opportunity for participant countries to lobby for their own interests and to balance the gains and influences of the other powers. This dissertation explores conditions under which institutional balancing is an optimal choice for countries and notes key methods: controlling membership; shaping institutional norms, rules, and mechanisms; and pursuing balanced alliances that have been practiced by China, the United States, and Japan in regional institutions in the Asia-Pacific region.

The origin of the United States-Israeli relationship can be found in President Harry S. Truman's support for the new state of Israel on May 14, 1948. While support to Israel has varied during Presidential administrations from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush, strategic interests have steadily defined the nation's responses to Israel. In order to measure U.S. reaction to Israel, this study conducted a content analysis on U.S. statements published in the New York Times following four Israeli military initiatives: the 1967 Six-Day War, the 1976 Raid on Entebbe, the 1981 Raid on Osirak, and the 2006 Lebanon War. The research reveals that the U.S. reacts more positively to Israeli reactive than to anticipatory and preemptive self-defensive actions. / by Rebekah Israel. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2008. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, FL : 2008 Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Law, Wai Hin. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-109). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract / Table of Content / List of Abbreviation / Preface / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Aim of Study / Chapter 1.2 --- Theoretical approach / Chapter 1.3 --- Methodology / Chapter 1.4 --- Significance / Chapter Chapter Two --- Theory / Chapter 2.1 --- International Political Economy (IPE) / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Mainstream IPE / Chapter 2.1.2 --- New IPE / Chapter 2.2 --- About theorizing change of the Greater Pearl River Delta / Chapter 2.3 --- Region / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Globalization / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Regional integration / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Regional integration in East Asia / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Sub-regional integration in East Asia / Chapter 2.4 --- National and sub-national Politics and centre-local relation: China / Chapter 2.5 --- Summary / Chapter Chapter Three --- Substantive Focus: the integration of the GPRD from the early 1980s to2004 / Chapter 3.1 --- The integration of Hong Kong/Macau and the Pearl River Delta before / Chapter 3.2 --- A period of break between 1997-2001 / Chapter 3.3 --- A new phase of development starting from 2002 / Chapter Chapter Four --- Evaluation of New International Political Economy / Chapter Chapter Five --- Conclusion

Thesis (Ph. D.)--McGill University, 1991. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 273-284).