This book provides a sophisticated understanding of US economic interests in Asia and includes a close analysis of the politics of finance capital in the region with reference to the Asian financial crisis.

Justin Robertson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian and International Studies at the City University of Hong Kong and an Associate of both the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation and the Southeast Asia Research Centre.

1. Introduction: Opportunism, Resistance and Divergent U.S. Economic Interests in Post-Financial Crisis Asia PART I: Towards a Different Approach 2. The Foreign-Domestic Divide in Studying the Aftermath of Economic Crises and Outlining an Alternative Approach 3. The Divergent U.S. Interests Approach: A Different Theoretical Lens PART II: U.S. Economic Behaviour in Asia After the Financial Crisis 4. An Opportunity for Foreign Investors: Crisis-Induced Market Opening in Korea and Thailand 5. Significant U.S. Interests and Influence in the Market Liberalization Process 6. Limited American and Aggressive Non-American Foreign Investment in Post-Crisis Korea and Thailand PART III: Explaining Divergent U.S. Economic Interests 7. New Forms of International Business in East Asia 8. Misleading Theoretical Models of Economic Crises 9. Conclusion: Reviewing Findings and Looking Outside Asia