1st Edition
Asia-Pacific Security US, Australia and Japan and the New Security Triangle
220 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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 security that these represent. While a fully functioning trilateral security alliance binding Australia, Japan and the United States is unlikely to materialise or supplant existing bilateral arrangements, the... Read more
Introduction Section 1: Evolutionof ‘The Triangle’ 1. Theoretical Overview 2.Historical Overview 3.Enriched Bilateralism? 4. Institutional Assessments Section 2: The Regional Dimension 5.Triangularity and Sino-Japanese Relations 6.Triangularity and U.S.-Japanese Relations 7.Triangularity, Australia and the Region 8.Triangularity and U.S. Regional Strategy 9. Fragile States in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, and the Australian-Japanese Response 10. Triangularity and Regional Multilateralism 11.Trilateralism, Economics and Security 12.The Power of Three 13.Regional Maritime and Energy Security Section 3: Extra-Regionaland Global Dimensions 14.Trilateralism and International Terrorism 15.Australia and Japan in Southern Iraq: A Case Study of National Security Decision-Making 16.The Triangle, Ballistic Missile Defense and International Arms Control. Conclusion
Biography
William Tow, Mark Thomson, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Satu Limaye
