Introduction: Perceptions of US Policy / Sol W. Sanders -- The Future of the Japan-US Alliance / Yoshimasa Hayashi -- Cultural and Emotional Elements in US Policy Toward Asia / Taizo Watanabe -- For Japan: A New Meiji Revolution / Yoshio Terasawa -- China and the United States: Friends or Adversaries in the New Millennium? / I.-cheng Loh -- Taiwan in America's Strategic Calculus / Parris H. Chang -- The US and India: What Kind of New Relationship? / Umashankar Phadnis -- Practical Policies for US Policymakers in South Asian Diversity / M. B. Naqvi -- Thai-American Friendship: Implications for US Policy in Southeast Asia / Saiyud Kerdphol -- ASEAN and the US: Cooperation for Stabilization / Pracha Guna-kasem -- America's Role in South Asian Nuclear Restraint / Afzal Mahmood -- Only the US Can Guarantee a Stable Northeast Asia / Choong Nam Kim -- Debate vs. No Talk: Cultural Aspects of Japan-US Technological Exchange / Tetsuo Tamama -- Islamic Fundamentalism: A Counter-ideology is sine qua non / Maulana Wahiduddin Khan