Asia-Pacific's Security Dilemma
Author : Australian Defence Studies Centre
Publisher : ASEAN Academic Press Limited
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 10,27 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Author : Australian Defence Studies Centre
Publisher : ASEAN Academic Press Limited
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 10,27 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Author : A. Collins
Publisher : Springer
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 29,88 MB
Release : 2000-08-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 033398563X
The Security Dilemmas of Southeast Asia utilises a key security concept to examine one of the most dramatic regions of the world. Focusing on ethnic tensions, intra-ASEAN rivalries and the emergence of Chinese hegemony, the security dilemma is used to provide insights into a wide range of the region's contemporary security issues. In addition, the book expounds upon some of the new uses of the security dilemma, exploring both its applicability to ethnic tensions and a new variant, a state-induced security dilemma.
Author : Alok Sharma
Publisher :
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 20,24 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Access denial (Military science)
ISBN :
The study comprises an analysis of the security dilemma situation in the Asia-Pacific region that has evolved because of China's perceived aggressive behavior and the US's rebalance policy. The study uses a template based on a Cold-War era, structural-realist offense-defense theory to seek answers. The template claims that if the intent of the two belligerents can be identified clearly, then the offense-defense balance can provide useful answers to the questions related to the security dilemma issues. The author assesses the impact of three factors--technology, geography, and allied support--related to the offense-defense balance, and concludes that at present, the defense has the advantage and therefore the likelihood of major conflict due to security dilemma factors is low. Nonetheless, further analysis reveals that the impact of the three factors on the offense-defense balance is not uniform. Geography provides the most stable influence while technology, due to its rapidly evolving nature, and allied support, due to its complex nature, need constant attention of the United States in order to maintain the extant relatively stable balance.
Author : Marcin Grabowski
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 34,5 MB
Release : 2020-06-17
Category :
ISBN : 9783631808207
This book analyzes current security challenges in Asia (understood in its broader Indo-Pacific sense) with the aim of capturing the major shifts in the balance of power involving regional actors. Through the lenses of IR theory, this book seeks to provide insights into the consequences of the transition of power from the United States to China. The growing power of China and its impact on both neighboring countries and the international system as a whole, as well as its reception by the United States, have been of key importance to the development of security and international studies. By presenting the case studies of regional security challenges from a multidimensional perspective, this book analyzes both the stages of the maturity of powers and their satisfaction within the existing system.
Author : Benjamin Weiser
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 45,42 MB
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3668400806
Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - Region: USA, grade: 1,0, Warsaw University (Institute of International Relations), course: Security System in the Asia-Pacific Region, language: English, abstract: Much has been said and written in the last years concerning the „Pivot to Asia”, meaning that the United States’ (US) strategy agenda has been moving away from a post-Second World War European to a recent Asian focus. In maritime patterns this change in US interests is described by the term „Pacific century”, which is said to be going to replace the Atlantic one. With the fall of the Soviet Union, US strategy towards the Asia-Pacific has been undergoing a significant transition. As Warren Christopher, Secretary of State under the first Clinton presidency, said in Hanoi in 1995: „In the old days we wanted to make Asia safe for democracy, these days we want to make it safe for American exports.”. This quote fits perfectly in the 1990ies neoliberal zeitgeist of the successful presidential campaign „The economy, stupid” of Bill Clinton, who wanted to reinvent US predominance based on an economist point of view, rather than continuing with expensive military power politics. But it would fall too short if one wants to understand the post-Cold War US’ engagement in the Asia-Pacific only by explaining the economic and trade policies of the United States. Both security and economy are at the core of US foreign policy strategy, since these two objectives being more and more intertwined in terms of globalization, digitization and other megatrends. Classical and “old-fashioned” hard power approaches are therefore questioned, as they sometimes fail to explain the rise of messy multilateralism and a total heterogeneous security landscape in this region of interest. But to what extent the US strategy in the Asia-Pacific really is a sign of a more cooperative approach based on Neoliberal-Institutionalist3 thought rather than referring to Neorealist hard power politics? And which role the US seeks to have in this complex setting?
Author : Sorpong Peou
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 46,26 MB
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Demonstrating that none of the various perspectives under review has emerged as the clear winner in the struggle for theoretical hegemony in security studies, this book shows that eclectic perspectives, like democratic realist institutionalism, can better explain peace and security in the Asian Pacific. The Asian Pacific has emerged as one of the most important regions in the world, causing scholars to pay increased attention to the various challenges, old and new, to peace and security there. Peace and Security in the Asia-Pacific: Theory and Practice is a comprehensive, critical review of the established theoretical perspectives relevant to contemporary peace and security studies in the light of recent experiences. Illuminating ongoing debates in the field, the book covers some 20 theoretical perspectives on peace and security in the Asian Pacific, including realist, liberal, socialist, peace and human security, constructivist, feminist, and nontraditional security studies. The first section of the book discusses perspectives in realist security studies, the second part covers perspectives critical of realism. The author's goal is to assess whether any of the perspectives found in nonrealist security studies are capable of undermining realism. His conclusion is that each theoretical perspective has its strengths and weaknesses, leaving eclecticism as the best way to understand the region's dynamics.
Author : Ronald Huisken
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 33,10 MB
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 192166603X
We cannot expect in East Asia over the foreseeable future to see the sort of conflation of sovereign states that has occurred in Europe. We must anticipate that, for the foreseeable future, the requirement will be for the sensible management and containment of competitive instincts. The establishment of a multilateral security body in East Asia that includes all the key players, and which the major powers invest with the authority to tackle the shaping of the regional security order, remains a critical piece of unfinished business.
Author : East-West Center
Publisher :
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 38,44 MB
Release : 2004
Category : National security
ISBN :
Author : Anthony Burke
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,46 MB
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1526162857
In the wake of 9/11, the Asian crisis and the 2004 tsunami, traditional analytical frameworks are increasingly unable to explain how individuals and communities are rendered insecure, or advance individual, global or environmental security. In the Asia-Pacific, the accepted wisdom of realism has meant that analyses rarely move beyond the statist, militarist and exclusionary assumptions that underpin traditional realpolitik. This innovative new book challenges these limitations and addresses the missing problems, people and vulnerabilities of the Asia-Pacific region. It also turns a critical eye on traditional interstate strategic dynamics. Critical security in the Asia-Pacific applies both a critical theoretical approach that interrogates the deeper assumptions underpinning security discourses, and a human-centred policy approach that focuses on the security, welfare and emancipation of individuals and communities. Leading Asia-Pacific researchers combine to apply these frameworks to the most pressing issues in the region, from the Korean peninsula to environmental change, Indonesian conflict, the ‘war on terror’ and the plight of refugees. The result is a sophisticated and accessible account of often-neglected realities of marginalization in the region, and a compelling argument for the empowerment and security of the most vulnerable.
Author : J. J. Suh
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 13,74 MB
Release : 2008
Category : East Asia
ISBN : 9789971694401
Is East Asia heading toward war? Throughout the 1990s, conventional wisdom among U.S. scholars of international relations held that institutionalized cooperation in Europe fosters peace, while its absence from East Asia portends conflict. This book makes a case for a new theoretical approach to the study of Asian security.