How Long to Read Looking for Balance

How Long Does it Take to Read Looking for Balance?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Looking for Balance by Steve Chan

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Debate surrounding "China's rise," and the prospects of its possible challenge to America's preeminence, has focused on two questions: whether the United States should "contain" or "engage" China; and whether the rise of Chinese power has inclined other East Asian states to "balance" against Beijing by alignment with the United States or ramping up their military expenditures. By drawing on alternative theoretic approaches—most especially "balance-of-threat" theory, political economic theory, and theories of regime survival and economic interdependence, Steve Chan is able to create an explanation of regional developments that differs widely from the traditional "strategic vision" of national interest. He concludes that China's primary aim is not to match U.S. military might or the foreign policy influence that flows from that power, and that its neighbors are not balancing against its rising power because, in today's guns-versus-butter fiscal reality, balancing policies would entail forfeiting possible gains that can accrue from cooperation, economic growth, and the application of GDP to nonmilitary ends. Instead, most East Asian countries have collectively pivoted to a strategy of elite legitimacy and regime survival based on economic performance.

How long is Looking for Balance?

Looking for Balance by Steve Chan is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Looking for Balance Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Looking for Balance aloud.

What Reading Level is Looking for Balance?

Looking for Balance is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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