The international relations of East Asia since World War II are best understood as:
1)-the successful effort of the U.S.-led West to contain Soviet expansionism in Asia. (Orthodox Cold War interpretation)
2)-the unsuccessful effort of the former USSR and the Third World states of East Asia to deter American domination of Asia. (Revisionist Cold War interpretation)
3)-the failure of the United States and the Soviet Union to work out a stable accommodation in Asia and elsewhere. (Post-revisionist interpretation)
5)-the return of China as the hegemonic power of East Asia. (Sinocentric interpretation)
6)-the rise and decline of the United States as the dominating Asian power. (American hegemony interpretation)
7)-the rise and decline of a bipolar global structure of power and transition to multipolarity. (Realistic interpretation)
8)-(Missing)
9)-the triumph of Asian nationalism. (Nationalism interpretation)
10)-the completion of the creation and consolidation of the nation-state system in East Asia. (International society interpretation)
11)-an emergent clash of civilizations. (Huntington/cultural interpretation)