Asian security order : instrumental and normative features / edited by Muthiah Alagappa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alagappa, Muthiah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--Asia.

National security.

Military policy.

Asia.

Asia--Military policy.

Asia--Strategic aspects.

Physical Description:

xxv, 628 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

" Asian Security Order is Muttiah Alagappa's third and final volume on a subject of vital and growing importance in world politics. It is the capstone volume of a theoretically sophisticated, intellectuallyintegrated, empirically rich, and politically sensitive set of inquiries. In the empirically informed literature on international relations, I know of no scholar writing on Asian security who comes close to matching the coherent and compelling vision of a politically relevant social science that Alagappa has succeeded in articulating. Like its two predecessors, this book will become required reading for any serious student of Asian security."- Peter J. Katzenstein, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies, Cornell University " Asian Security Order offers a complex and comprehensive, yet accessible analysis of the fundamental forces shaping security in Asia." - Pacific Affairs

Contents:

Introduction: Predictability and Stability Despite Challenges / Muthiah Alagappa 1

Part I. Conceptual Perspective

1. The Study of International Order: An Analytical Framework / Muthiah Alagappa 33

2. Constructing Security Order in Asia: Conceptions and Issues / Muthiah Alagappa 70

3. Sovereignty: Dominance of the Westphalian Concept and Implications for Regional Security / Chung-in Moon, Chaesung Chun 106

Part II. Pathways to Order

4. Incomplete Hegemony: The United States and Security Order in Asia / Michael Mastanduno 141

5. Balance-of-Power Politics: Consequences for Asian Security Order / Avery Goldstein 171

6. Regional Institutions and Asian Security Order: Norms, Power, and Prospects for Peaceful Change / Amitav Acharya 210

7. Track 2 Diplomacy: Ideational Contribution to the Evolving Asian Security Order / Brian L. Job 241

8. Economic Interdependence and Economic Cooperation: Mitigating Conflict and Transforming Security Order in Asia / Ming Wan 280

9. The UN System as a Pathway to Security in Asia: A Buttress, Not a Pillar / Rosemary Foot 311

Part III. Management of Specific Issues

10. Acute Conflicts in Asia After the Cold War: Kashmir, Taiwan, and Korea / David Kang 349

11. Territorial Disputes and Asian Security: Sources, Management, and Prospects / Jianwei Wang 380

12. Maritime Issues in Asia: The Problem of Adolescence / Jean-Marc F. Blanchard 424

13. Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense, and Stability: A Case for "Sober Optimism" / Victor D. Cha 458

14. Managing Internal Conflicts: Dominance of the State / Arun R. Swamy, John Gershman 497

15. Human Security: An Intractable Problem in Asia / Dewi Fortuna Anwar 536

16. Managing Asian Security: Competition, Cooperation, and Evolutionary Change / Muthiah Alagappa 571.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0804746281

080474629X

OCLC:

50447731