Asian Security Order : Instrumental and Normative Features / ed. by Muthiah Alagappa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Acharya, Amitav, Contributor.

Alagappa, Muthiah, Contributor.

Alagappa, Muthiah, Editor.

Anwar, Dewi Fortuna, Contributor.

Blanchard, Jean-Marc F., Contributor.

Cha, Victor D., Contributor.

Chun, Chaesung, Contributor.

Foot, Rosemary, Contributor.

Gershman, John, Contributor.

Goldstein, Avery, Contributor.

Job, Brian L., Contributor.

Kang, David, Contributor.

Mastanduno, Michael, Contributor.

Moon, Chung-In, Contributor.

Swamy, Arun R., Contributor.

Wan, Ming, Contributor.

Wang, Jianwei, Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (656 p.) : 2 maps

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2002]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

More than a decade has passed since the end of the Cold War, but Asia still faces serious security challenges. These include the current security environment in the Korean peninsula, across the Taiwan Strait, and over Kashmir, the danger of nuclear and missile proliferation, and the concern with the rising power of China and with American dominance. Indeed, some experts see Asia as a dangerous and unstable place. Alagappa disagrees, maintaining that Asia is a far more stable, predictable, and prosperous region than it was in the postindependence period. This volume also takes account of the changed security environment in Asia since September 11, 2001. Unlike many areas-studies approaches, Alagappa’s work makes a strong case for taking regional politics and security dynamics seriously from both theoretical and empirical approaches. The first part of this volume develops an analytical framework for the study of order; the salience of the different pathways to order is examined in the second part; the third investigates the management of specific security issues; and the final part discusses the nature of security order in Asia.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Preface

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Contributors

Introduction: Predictability and Stability Despite Challenges

Part I. Conceptual Perspective

1. The Study of International Order: An Analytical Framework

2. Constructing Security Order in Asia: Conceptions and Issues

3. Sovereignty: Dominance of the Westphalian Concept and Implications for Regional Security

Part II. Pathways to Order

4. Incomplete Hegemony: The United States and Security Order in Asia

5. Balance-of-Power Politics: Consequences for Asian Security Order

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

7. Track 2 Diplomacy: Ideational Contribution to the Evolving Asian Security Order

8. Economic Interdependence and Economic Cooperation: Mitigating Conflict and Transforming Security Order in Asia

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

Part III. Management of Specific Issues

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

11. Territorial Disputes and Asian Security: Sources, Management, and Prospects

12. Maritime Issues in Asia: The Problem of Adolescence

13. Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense, and Stability: A Case for "Sober Optimism"

14. Managing Internal Conflicts: Dominance of the State

15. Human Security: An Intractable Problem in Asia

Part IV. Conclusion

16. Managing Asian Security: Competition, Cooperation, and Evolutionary Change

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

0-8047-7919-8

OCLC:

1294426767