Asia-Pacific security : policy challenges / edited by David Lovell.
Material type: TextPublisher: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2013Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 1921862092
- 9781921862083
- 1921862084
- 9781921862090
- National security -- Asia
- National security -- Pacific Area
- National security -- Australia
- National security -- China
- China -- Foreign relations -- 1976-
- Australia -- Foreign relations -- 1990-
- Political activism
- Politics and government
- Society and social sciences Society and social sciences
- Terrorism, armed struggle
- Diplomatic relations
- National security
- Asia
- Australia
- China
- Pacific Area
- Since 1976
- Asia-Pacific region
- Security
- 355.03305 23
- DU117.18 .A75 2013
Includes index.
Since September 11, 2001, our newspapers have been filled with the 'war on terror'; our governments have mobilised their resources for 'homeland security'; and people everywhere are braced for more terrorist attacks. Yet while the new threat is genuine, we must not lose sight of the continuing security concerns in the Asia-Pacific. Tensions persist on the Korean peninsula, in the Taiwan Straits and the South China Sea, and in Kashmir. The region is well supplied with weapons of mass destruction and may face an arms race, and there are a range of pressing human security issues. Likewise, the strategic realities of the region remain linked with US power, and with the emergence of China as a key regional player. The book examines the developing strategic relationships in the region, and clarifies the dilemmas for Australian policy-makers as they try to balance genuine engagement with the region against a long-standing and valued alliance with the United States. Emerging from discussions between the Shanghai Institute for International Studies and the University of New South Wales at ADFA, Asia-Pacific Security has a particular relevance for foreign-policy professionals and scholars of the region.
Preliminary pages; Notes on Contributors; Preface; 1. Australia and Asia-Pacifics ecurity after September 11: an introduction -- David W. Lovell; 2. The challenge for Australian foreign-policy professionals -- David W. Lovell; 3. The rhetoric of Australia's regional policy -- James Cott; 4. Australia's strategic options in the US-China relationship -- Allan Behm; 5. China and Asia-Pacific security building in the new century -- Zhu Majie; 6. China's efforts as a responsible power -- Xia Liping; 7. The knowledge-based economy in China: perceptions and facts -- Tian Zhongqing.
8. China's 'New Security Concept' and Southeast Asia -- Carlyle A. Thayer9. Chinese nationalism and its foreign policy implications -- Zhang Jian; 10. Japan's missile defence dilemma -- Aaron Matthews; 11. Security and stability in Southwest Asia -- William Maley; 12. Mediating the global order: the past and future of Asia Pacific regional organizations -- Michael Wesley; 13. The constructivist challenge to the debate on East Asian security in the new century -- Chen Dongxiao; 14. Australian-American relationsin the new century:applying resuscitation orpursuing illusions?William T. Tow; Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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