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Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

Series Editor: Leszek Buszynski, William Tow

Series editors: Leszek Buszynski and William Tow, both Australian National University

 

New security concerns are emerging in the Asia Pacific region as global players face challenges from rising great powers, all of which interact with confident middle powers in complicated ways. This series puts forward important new work on key security issues in the region. It embraces the roles of the major actors, their defense policies and postures and their security interaction over the key issues of the region. It includes coverage of the United States, China, Japan, Russia, the Koreas, as well as the middle powers of ASEAN and South Asia. It also covers issues relating to environmental and economic security as well as transnational actors and regional groupings.

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1-10 of 19 results in Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

  1. Australia as an Asia-Pacific Regional Power

    Friendships in Flux?

    Edited by Brendan Taylor

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    During recent years, in its traditional role as an important Asia-Pacific regional power, Australia has had to cope with a rapidly changing external security environment and a series of new challenges, including a rising China, an increasingly assertive United States, and most notably the Global...

    Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge

  2. Human Security in East Asia

    Challenges for Collaborative Action

    Edited by Sorpong Peou

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    Since the end of the Cold War the number of interstate wars has remained relatively low, although whilst states may be more secure than ever this does not mean that individual human beings are too. This has led to a growing recognition of the importance of human security, in contrast to the...

    Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge

  3. Security and International Politics in the South China Sea

    Towards a co-operative management regime

    Edited by Sam Bateman, Ralf Emmers

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    The South China Sea has long been regarded as a major source of tension and instability in East Asia. Managing the risk of possible conflict over disputed claims in the South China Sea has been a significant challenge for regional relations. This book explores international politics and security in...

    Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge

  4. Geopolitics and Maritime Territorial Disputes in East Asia

    By Ralf Emmers

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    Geopolitics is a crucial element in understanding international relations in East Asia, with major and medium powers competing for influence. This book examines geopolitics in East Asia, focusing in particular on its major, contentious maritime territorial disputes. It looks in particular detail at...

    Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge

  5. Southeast Asia and the Rise of Chinese and Indian Naval Power

    Between Rising Naval Powers

    Edited by Sam Bateman, Joshua Ho

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    This book examines the emerging maritime security scene in Southeast Asia. It considers highly topical implications for the region of possible strategic competition between China and India - the rising naval powers of Asia - with a possible naval "arms race" emerging between these countries both...

    Published May 4th 2012 by Routledge

  6. American Sanctions in the Asia-Pacific

    By Brendan Taylor

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    Sanctions are a persistent – many would argue increasingly central – component of American efforts to shape foreign policy outcomes in the Asia-Pacific. The use of sanctions in the context of two of the most pressing regional security issues currently on Washington’s radar – the ongoing North...

    Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge

  7. Human Security in Southeast Asia

    By Yukiko Nishikawa

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    There is a growing interest in human security in Southeast Asia. This book firstly explores the theoretical and conceptual basis of human security, before focusing on the region itself. It shows how human security has been taken up as a central part of security policy in individual states in...

    Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge

  8. India as an Asia Pacific Power

    By David Brewster

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    The emergence of India as a regional and potentially global power is forcing us to rethink our mental map of the Asia Pacific. We are only just beginning to discern how India may alter the global economic landscape. How will the rise of India change the strategic landscape of Asia and beyond? This...

    Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge

  9. ASEAN Regionalism

    Cooperation, Values and Institutionalisation

    By Christopher B. Roberts

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    This book examines the key motivations for and challenges to greater regional integration in Southeast Asia. It demonstrates how security and economic concerns -domestic, regional and international - have either contributed to, or detracted from, an increased level of unity and cooperation in ASEAN...

    Published November 3rd 2011 by Routledge

  10. Japan's Peace-Building Diplomacy in Asia

    Seeking a More Active Political Role

    By Peng Er Lam

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    The conventional portrayal of Japan’s role in international affairs is of a passive political player which – despite its position as the world’s second largest economic power – punches below its weight on the world stage: its foreign policy driven by Washington, mercantilism and constrained by...

    Published October 20th 2011 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. Nuclear Power and Energy Security in Asia
    Edited by Rajesh Basrur, Koh Swee Lean Collin
    To Be Published June 24th 2012
  2. Maritime Challenges and Priorities in Asia: Implications for Regional Security
    Edited by Joshua Ho, Sam Bateman
    To Be Published July 8th 2012
  3. Human Security and Climate Change in Southeast Asia: Managing Risk and Resilience
    Edited by Lorraine Elliott, Mely Caballero-Anthony
    To Be Published August 8th 2012
  4. Ten Years After 9/11 - Rethinking the Jihadist Threat
    By Arabinda Acharya
    To Be Published December 29th 2012
  5. Negotiating with North Korea: The Six Party Talks, Interaction and Multilateralism
    By Leszek Buszynski
    To Be Published December 30th 2012
  6. Bilateralism, Multilateralism and Asia-Pacific Security
    Edited by William Tow, Brendan Taylor
    To Be Published December 30th 2012
  7. Burma's Security: Myths, Mysteries and Misconceptions
    By Andrew Selth
    To Be Published January 30th 2013
  8. Preparing for the Next Asia-Pacific War: Defence Planning in the Twenty-First Century
    By Stephan Fruhling
    To Be Published January 30th 2013
  9. Dispute Resolution in the South China Sea
    By Mohd Nizam Basiron
    To Be Published January 30th 2013
  10. India as an Indian Ocean Power
    By David Brewster
    To Be Published January 30th 2013

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