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G. John Ikenberry, the Woodrow Wilson School's Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affair and academic co-chair of the a Princeton Project on National Security, has co-edited the book titled, "The Uses of Institutions: The U.S., Japan, and Governance in East Asia" (Palgrave Macmillan, December, 2006).

The book, co-edited with Takashi Inoguchi, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University, is a compilation of essays that explores the ways that institutions play a role--or fail to--in Japanese and American approaches to regional governance in East Asia. It uses recent studies on the logic and dynamics of institutions to determine the logic of order within the East Asia region. The central focus is on bilateral and multilateral regional institutions, how Japan and the U.S. use these institutions, and what we can learn about the future direction of institutions of governance within the East Asia region.

"The Uses of Institutions" examines U.S. foreign policy and the use of international institutions; Japan's institutional strategy for regional security; U.S. alliances with Japan and Taiwan during the Cold War; the U.S.-Japan alliance and institutional limitations.