Rethinking Asia and International Relations: Rethinking Asia and International Relations
About the Book Series
This series provides thoughtful consideration both of the growing prominence of Asian actors on the global stage and the changes in the study and practice of world affairs that they provoke. It offers a comprehensive parallel assessment of the full spectrum of Asian states, organisations, and regions and their impact on the dynamics of global politics. The series encourages conversation on: ¢ What rules, norms, and strategic cultures are likely to dominate international life in the 'Asian Century'; ¢ How will global problems be reframed and addressed by a 'rising Asia'; ¢ Which institutions, actors, and states are likely to provide leadership during such 'shifts to the East'; ¢ Whether there is something distinctly 'Asian' about the emerging patterns of global politics. Such comprehensive engagement not only offers a critical assessment of the actual and prospective roles of Asian actors, but rethinks the concepts, practices, and frameworks of analysis of world politics.
North Korea and Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia
1st Edition
By Tae-Hwan Kwak, Seung-Ho Joo
October 19, 2016
Relations between the two Koreas continue to be hostile, volatile and unpredictable with North Korea’s nuclear issue remaining as untamed as ever. As such, there is a growing urgency for security cooperation in Northeast Asia to be given immediate attention. The key players in the region - the US, ...
Post-Conflict Development in East Asia
1st Edition
By Brendan M. Howe
October 19, 2016
East Asia is a region deeply affected by conflict. Colonial, ideological, and national wars have left their scars and legacies on regional, international, and national governance. Yet East Asian post-conflict development experiences have been viewed as remarkably successful. The three largest ...
The Long Peace of East Asia
1st Edition
By Timo Kivimäki
October 19, 2016
The annual number of battle deaths from interstate and intra-state conflicts in East Asia has declined by 95% since 1979. During the past three decades, East Asia has been more peaceful than Europe, the Americas or any continent, in terms of battle deaths per capita. When generating theories on ...
Harmonious Intervention: China's Quest for Relational Security
1st Edition
By Chiung-Chiu Huang, Chih-yu Shih
September 06, 2016
Two major features of international relations at the beginning of the 21st century are global governance and the rise of China. Global governance, advocating global norms, requires intervention into sovereign domains in defiance of those norms. However, an ascendant China adheres to a classic ...
Contentious Integration: Post-Cold War Japan-China Relations in the Asia-Pacific
1st Edition
By Chien-peng Chung
October 30, 2014
The Asian-Pacific is now one of the most important regions in the global system, where the interplay of integrative economic, geo-political and sociocultural processes provide increasing scope for regional leadership to be exercised, particularly by China and Japan. This book studies the ...
New Approaches to Human Security in the Asia-Pacific: China, Japan and Australia
1st Edition
By William T. Tow, David Walton
August 23, 2013
New Approaches to Human Security in the Asia-Pacific offers a distinctly Asia-Pacific-oriented perspective to one of the most discussed components of international security policy, human security. This volume of regional experts assess countries that have either spearheaded this form of security ...