Decolonizing security in East Asia towards pluriversal coexistence Chih-yu Shih, Chiung-Chiu Huang, Yih-Jye Hwang

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shi, Zhiyu, 1958- author.

Huang, Chiung-Chiu, author.

Hwang, Yih-Jye, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--East Asia.

National security.

East Asia--Foreign relations.

East Asia.

Decolonization--East Asia.

Decolonization.

Diplomatic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2026

Summary:

"Decolonizing Security in East Asia challenges failing sovereign-centric models in the Indo-Pacific. It identifies a 'postcolonial security dilemma' where states camouflage ontological identity anxieties as existential survival discourse to secure Western recognition. The advocacy for an 'Asian NATO' epitomizes this mimicry, institutionalizing rigid binaries that provoke regional friction and invite the very external interventions they claim to deter. While regional groupings such as ASEAN or BRICS attempt to 'delink' from Western hegemony, they often fall into a 'Sovereign Sensibility Trap.' By hyper-fixating on sovereign equality, they ironically reproduce colonial logic, inviting fragmentation and marginalizing local peace. Moving beyond state-centrism, this Element proposes 'pluriversal coexistence' as a radical alternative. Through subaltern sites and grassroots vignettes, it demonstrates how security is found in relational, nonbinary practices rather than rigid borders. This Element provides a transformative framework for moving beyond the colonial architectures currently fracturing East Asian security"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Introduction : whither postcolonial east Asian security?

Security in the colonial lens : a critique of “Asian NATO”

An interlude : stepping into new shoes

Practicing pluriversal security : subaltern Asian sites

Conclusion : beyond decolonization

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed June 18, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Shi, Zhiyu, 1958- Decolonizing security in East Asia

ISBN:

9781009700351

1009700359

OCLC:

1589865417

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