1st Edition

Security, Arms Control and Defence Restructuring in East Asia

Edited By Bjørn Møller Copyright 1998
293 Pages
by Routledge

294 Pages
by Routledge

293 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1998, this volume examines East Asia, especially Northeast Asia, which has been a region of considerable political security of importance for several key reasons. It features several great and medium powers: China, Japan and Russia, as well as North and South Korea. Even though no arms race is yet discernible among these states (with the partial exception of the two Koreas), it... Read more

1. Introduction: Defence Restructuring in Asia. Björn Möller. 2. Transparency, Confidence-Building and Security in East Asia. Owen Greene. 3. Arms Control and Disarmament in the Post-Cold War World: A View from India. Jasjit Singh. 4. International Cooperation in Regional Security: ‘Non-Interference’ and ASEAN Arms Modernization. Joon Num Mak. 5. Regional Security and Nuclear Weapons in North-East Asia: A Japanese Perspective. Mitsuru Kurosawa. 6. Resolving the Arms Control Dilemma on the Korean Peninsula. Yong-Sup Han. 7. Defence Conversion and Conservation: China’s Ambivalent Military Reform. Yitzhak Shichor. 8. Unification of Divided States in East Asia. Björn Möller. 9. Taiwan’s Defence Policy: Threat Assessment and Security Strategies. Cheng-yi Lin. 10. Russia’s Security Policy in East Asia. Alexander A. Sergounin. 11. The US Role in East Asia. Jonathan Dean.

Biography

Bjørn Møller