Asia-Pacific Strategic Relations: Seeking Convergent Security (Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies)
Cambridge University Press, 1/7/2002
EAN 9780521807906, ISBN10: 0521807905
Hardcover, 320 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
This comprehensive 2002 book is an overview of security issues in the Asia-Pacific. It is also an argument for a strategy that promises to achieve greater regional stability. It argues that current approaches by policy-makers increase the likelihood of conflict. Instead, it proposes that a strategy of 'convergent security' be adopted to build a more enduring and peaceful regional security framework. A concise survey of key approaches to regional security politics, it presents a vast selection of empirical discussion, both historical and current. Assessing the outlook for the three powers most likely to vie for regional dominance - the United States, China and Japan - the book also reviews the prospects for other secondary powers, including Korea and Taiwan and analyses the role of Australia and the ASEAN nations of Southeast Asia. Unique, accessible, authoritative and broad-ranging survey designed for a wide body of analysts and students of contemporary Asian politics and strategy.
1. Introduction
2. Great power strategy I
China
3. Great power strategy II
Japan
4. Other key players I
Korea and Taiwan
5. Other key players II
ASEAN and Australia
6. The superpower respondent
the United States
7. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.