Sìncc its inccplion sixty years ago, the securily architlture laid by the 1951 San FrancÎsco Peaæ ll critical!y assesd as the ccntcrpicct 10 manilging α gional stilbility in Ei lst Asia. Major rcgional c끼Sl S havc dccJnc、d doubt ilbout thc .111 Fransco sysICI11 arνd b!stCcd c1aims il1 favor of rclilcing il ilh ffiU Itι<l tcral seClIf1ty l rrnngcml nts lis nrti c1c a terrilorial It lcmenls o( thc I acific War thωu gh thc U.s Sp0s. m FrilnciCilú. Trcy .111 aa:ounlable for thc oontinuoo rcsilicnl hostility in Easl Asia. ßul it nlso argu<. S that thc pm ISI0n a mu1tila tl ral illtl mativc tu thc cxisting ‘IXU Iy nrrangemcnts in thc rcgion ‘ unlikely 10 happcn, gîvcn thc abscnæ of P‘Jlitical ]e,ldcrship ilnd the inerliil ()f Ihe Uniled states.
l. lntroduction
ll. lntemational Relations Scholarship on East Asian Security
lll. The 5an Francisco System Main Traits and Oilemmas
IV‘ Historical Ruptures, Path-Dependency and Political Leadership: The Future of the San Francisco System
V‘ Condus ion
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