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How did the three powers in the Asia-Pacific region — the United States, China, and Japan — adjust their relations in the uncertain environment after Tiananmen (June 4, 1989) and the end of the Cold War? We approach these questions from both a domestic and a foreign policy perspective.
Three scholars describe the domestic context in each of the three countries. Each of the three bilateral relationships is examined by two scholars, one from each country involved.
The essays in this volume were first presented at the third confer-ence on the relationship between the United States, China, and Japan from the end of World War II to the close of the twentieth century. Those from the second conference, held in Tokyo in January 2000, are available in The Golden Age of the U.S.-China-Japan Triangle, 1972–1989 (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univer-sity Asia Center, 2002). The third conference, on which the chapters in this volume are based, was held in Beijing in April 2001; the chap-ter were subsequently revised to take into account the impact of Sep-tember 11.

This documented briefing identifies generic threats and exemplary practices in Los Angeles and elsewhere (selecting Chicago as an example), discusses potential actions after an event, and suggests potential preparations that local government and the