Book Series
Asian Security Studies
New & Published Titles:

China, the United States, and South-East Asia
Contending Perspectives on Politics, Security, and Economics
China’s emergence as a great power is a global concern that can potentially alter the structure of world politics. Its rise is multidimensional, affecting the…
read moreSeptember 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56950-7 (Routledge)
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South Asia's Cold War
Nuclear Weapons and Conflict in Comparative Perspective
This book is a ground-breaking analysis of the India-Pakistan nuclear confrontation as a form of ‘cold war’ – that is, a hostile relationship between nuclear…
read moreSeptember 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57035-0 (Routledge)

China's War on Terrorism
Counter-Insurgency, Politics and Internal Security
China’s war on terror is among its most prominent and least understood of campaigns. With links to the global jihad, an indigenous insurgency threatens the…
read moreJune 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54518-1 (Routledge)

Chinese Strategic Culture and Foreign Policy Decision-Making
Confucianism, Leadership and War
Examining the major academic and policy debates over China’s rise and related policy issues, this book looks into the motivations and intentions of a rising…
read moreJune 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54520-4 (Routledge)
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The Rise of China and International Security
America and Asia Respond
June 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55876-1 (Routledge)
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Conflict Management, Security and Intervention in East Asia
Third-party Mediation in Regional Conflict
This edited volume examines the sources, manifestations and management of conflict in East Asia, which contains many of the world’s conflict flashpoints, such as the…
read moreJune 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55878-5 (Routledge)
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India and Counterinsurgency
Lessons Learned
This edited volume focuses on India's experiences waging counterinsurgency campaigns since its independence in 1947.
Filling a clear gap in the literature, the book traces…
read moreApril 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-49103-7 (Routledge)

Chinese Military Strategy in the Third Indochina War
The Last Maoist War
This well-researched volume examines the Sino-Vietnamese hostilities of the late 1970s and 1980s, attempting to understand them as strategic, operational and tactical events.
The Sino-Vietnamese…
read moreMarch 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54528-0 (Routledge)
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Asia-Pacific Security
US, Australia and Japan and the New Security Triangle
The aim of this book is to explore the implications stemming from the recent upgrading of Australia-Japan-US security interactions and the implications for Asia-Pacific regional…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49088-7 (Routledge)
Taiwan's Security
History and Prospects
This is the first explanation and evaluation of Taiwan’s defence forces and infrastructure. It examines not only Taiwan’s armed forces, but also its Ministry of…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46082-8 (Routledge)
Series Details:
Few regions of the world are fraught with as many security questions as Asia. Within this region it is possible to study great power rivalries, irredentist conflicts, nuclear and ballistic missile proliferation, secessionist movements, ethnoreligious conflicts and inter-state wars. This new book series will publish the best possible scholarship on the security issues affecting the region, and will include detailed empirical studies, theoretically oriented case studies and policy-relevant analyses as well as more general works.
Forthcoming Titles:
Cooperative Security in the Asia-Pacific: The ASEAN Regional Forum
Edited by Jürgen Haacke, Noel M. Morada
To be published December 8th 2009
US-China-EU Relations: Managing the New World Order
Edited by Robert Ross, Øystein Tunsjø, Zhang Tuosheng
To be published February 8th 2010
Autonomy and Ethnic Conflict in South and South-East Asia
By Rajat Ganguly
To be published July 31st 2010
