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The United States has long term politico-security and economic interests and vital engagements in Asia. The foreign policy strategy of the United States, the sole superpower, towards China, India and Japan will have a significant influence in defining peace and stability in Asia. China and India are the fastest growing economies of the world while Japan is the third economic powerhouse of the world. These three major Asian powers have an increasingly greater role to play in the Asian affairs because of their expanding influence in the region. The United States’ relationship with these three states has, therefore, assumed a key importance in its Asia policy, especially in the post-Cold War era of globalization. The economic and strategic interests of the United States in Asia are to a large extent dependent on the pattern of its evolving relations with these three major Asian powers. Therefore, the unfolding relationships of the United States with China, India and Japan constitute an integral part of its Asia Policy. The book examines the changing dynamics in the United States’ policy vis-à-vis China, India and Japan and delineates the shift in the policy brought about as a result of the changing economic, political and security dynamics in Asia. It is composed of a compendium of articles contributed by noted academics who attempt to offer critical analyses of the United States’ foreign policy options in its evolving relations with China, India and Japan. The various contributions focus on different dimensions of the United States’ foreign policy approach towards Japan, India and China with a particular focus on the political, economic and security dimensions. This book will be of considerable interest to academicians, students, scholars and researchers in international relations and strategic studies and to the policymakers and general readers.