1st Edition

Regional Security Structures in Asia

By Ashok Kapor Copyright 2003
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Kapor argues that explanations of international relations in Asia in the post-Second World War period have relied too much on the Cold War as a key explanatory factor, and have not given enough emphasis to the useful concepts of 'regional power formation', 'conflict formation' and 'conflict resolution'. The author outlines these concepts and goes on to elaborate on them, and to apply them to three... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Meaning and Importance of 'Asia' in International History and International Politics 3. Evolving  International Structures in Asia-Pacific and The Indian Ocean Areas 4. Tied Together by Power Politics and Notional Realities: The Great Powers in Asia, the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century 5. The Situation in America and Asia and the Growth of Regionalism in Asia: An Overview 6. Multipopularity in  Asian Regions 1940s-2000: An Overview 7. Multipopularity During the Cold-War 8. Regional Multipopularity After the End of the Cold War 9. The Future of Geo-Politics and the Nature  of the Conflict in Asia 10. From Conflict Formation to Conflict Resolution: An Outline of the Process

Biography

Ashok Kapor

'makes an important contribution to the literature on the study of Asian international relations.' - Contemporary Southeast Asia