1st Edition

Power Transition and International Order in Asia Issues and challenges

Edited By Peter Shearman Copyright 2014
248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

This edited volume examines how the transition and diffusion of power in global politics is impacting on stability and order in East and Southeast Asia. Both in the academic field of International Relations (IR) and among policymakers, the big question today concerns the rise of China, the relative decline of the United States, and the increasing importance of East Asia in global politics. The... Read more

Introduction, Peter Shearman 1. The Rise of China, Power Transition, and International Order in Asia: A New Cold War, Peter Shearman 2. Power Shift: Asia, China and the Decline of the West, Michael Cox 3. The EU’s Role in Security and Regional order in East Asia, Yeo Lay Hwee 4. The South China Sea Issue And Its Implications For The Security Of East Asia, Carolina G. Hernandez 5. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: A Future Balancing Coalition in Asia?, Matthew Sussex 6. Russia’s Policy Towards Pacific Asia, Vyacheslav Amirov 7. Janpan’s Changing Security Policy and the Dynamic Defence Force Concept, Toshiya Nakamura 8. The Emergent Nuclear Order in South Asia, Sumit Ganguly 9. North Korea: How will it End?, Christoph Bluth 10. Terrorism and Insurgencies in Southeast Asia and Their Implications for Counter-Terrorism and Regional Order, Andrew T. H. Tan 11. International Implications of Organized Crime and Corruption in East and Southeast Asia, Leslie Holmes Conclusion, Peter Shearman

Biography

Peter Shearman teaches at Webster University in Bangkok. He is also Senior Fellow at the Institute for Security and International Studies at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. He is editor/co-editor of five books.