The Evolving Pacific Power Structure

Author : Derek Da Cunha
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9789813055490
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolving Pacific Power Structure written by Derek Da Cunha and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 1996 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been too complacent a view that contends that the next century -- the so-called Pacific Century -- will see power essentially defined in an economic sense. This book questions that notion by examining the evolving structure of power in the Pacific. t takes the view that while economics will have an increased weight in the power equation, military strength will still be a defining feature. The essays in this volume provide crisp analyses of a balance of power, the notion of a security architecture, and regional defence dilemmas. They then examine the shifting roles of the four major Pacific powers, China, Japan, Russia and the United States, all of which will essentially shape the future of the Pacific in the next century.

Author : Sheldon W. Simon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1461608384
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Many Faces of Asian Security written by Sheldon W. Simon and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2001-08-21 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative volume evaluates post-Cold War approaches to security in the Asia Pacific. Leading specialists first examine traditional security concerns-military capabilities, balance of power, territorial and resource disputes, the effects of new technologies on military strategy, and the problems involved in maintaining sovereignty in the face of globalization. They then introduce the new security agenda of economic and financial stability, the effects of environmental degradation, human rights and political stability, and the impact of transnational crime. Their wide-ranging and incisive discussions will be of interest to policymakers, scholars, and students alike.

Author : Joseph A. Camilleri
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781781957981
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regionalism in the New Asia-Pacific Order written by Joseph A. Camilleri and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regionalism in the Asia-Pacific is a complex and rapidly evolving phenomenon. This volume explores the relationship between globalization and regionalization, between states, markets and civil society, and between US hegemony and Asian aspirations.

Author : Kiran Sagoo
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443806854
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustaining a Resilient Asia Pacific Community written by Kiran Sagoo and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coming out of an established international graduate student conference organized by the East-West Center, this book presents selected papers written by graduate students from different fields of study. After identifying historical or contemporary issues in each field, these papers propose a framework for resolving these issues, whether through global commitment, regional cooperation, national policy, or local knowledge and practice. The unifying thread of this book is sustaining resilience in the Asia Pacific. We acknowledge this perseverance and try to sustain and disseminate it so that other communities may learn from these practices and experiences. Generally, a volume like this would address the challenge of this region from a security, economics or political perspective. This book hopes to add to the literature on resiliency by addressing these issues from a multidisciplinary and multilevel perspective.

Author : Lawrence W. Prabhakar
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9812773428
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolving Maritime Balance of Power in the Asia-Pacific written by Lawrence W. Prabhakar and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2006 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Asia-Pacific region has emerged as the hub of global geo-political, geo-economic and geo-strategic significance in the post-Cold War period. The rise of China and the resurgence of India will be the hallmark for the next 50 years. How this surge in power is accommodated by the incumbent powers like the United States and Japan, and how the new regional powers like China and India manage the power politics that emerge will be the key determinants of regional stability. This volume examines the national maritime doctrines as well as the nuclear weapons developments at sea of the four major powers in the Asia-Pacific, namely, China, India, Japan and the United States, to see if the evolving dynamic is a cooperative or a competitive one. In particular, the volume looks at the evolving paradigms of maritime transformation in strategy and technology; the emergent new maritime doctrines and evolving force postures in the naval orders of battle; the role and operations of nuclear navies in the Asia-Pacific; and the implications and impact of nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles and sea-based missile defence responses in the region. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Cooperation or Competition in Maritime Asia-Pacific? (544 KB). Chapter 3: Maritime Strategic Trends in the Asia-Pacific: Issues and Challenges (1,534 KB). Contents: Issues, Trends and Paradigms in Maritime Asia-Pacific; National Maritime Doctrines and Capabilities; Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defences: The Maritime Dimension in the Asia-Pacific. Readership: Policy makers, academics, research analysts and students interested in maritime security in the Asia-Pacific region.

Author : See Seng Tan
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
ISBN 13 : 9089644776
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of the Asia Pacific written by See Seng Tan and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critically surveying the power of narratives in shaping the discourse on the post-Cold War Asia Pacific, See Seng Tan examines the purposes, practices, power relations, and protagonists behind policy networks such as the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific and the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council. The author argues that, filled with economic, social, and political meaning, the policy and academic discourses regarding the Asia Pacific and its subregions authorize and provoke certain understandings while preventing counternarratives from emerging.

Author : Ralf Emmers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415347033
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cooperative Security and the Balance of Power in ASEAN and the ARF written by Ralf Emmers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Emmers addresses the key question: to what extent may the balance of power play a part in such cooperative security arrangements and in the calculations of the participants of ASEAN and the ARF?

Author : Nalanda Roy
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498536247
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The South China Sea Disputes written by Nalanda Roy and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-12-02 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The South China Sea has long been regarded as one of the most complex and challenging ocean-related maritime disputes in East Asia. Recently it has become the locus of disputes that have the potential of escalating into serious international conflicts. Historical mistrust, enduring territorial disputes, and competing maritime claims have combined to weaken an at least partially successful regional security structure. Issues of concern include territorial sovereignty; disputed claims to islands, rocks, and reefs; jurisdiction over territorial waters, exclusive economic zones, and the seabed; regional and international rights to use the seas for military purposes; maritime security; rapid economic development; and environmental degradation. The fear is that increasing competition for energy and other resources will exacerbate conflicts and further fuel nationalism and sovereignty issues in the region. The SCS has an integrated ecosystem and is one of the richest seas in the world in terms of marine flora and fauna: coral reefs, mangroves, sea-grass beds, fish, and plants. National economic security can be easily affected by conflicts occurring in major international trade routes like the SCS, or how such an unclear situation might even give rise to environmental challenges in the future. The book creates an understanding as to why this region is important not only to the claimants but to global powers like the United States and India. The book examines current and potential conflicts in the South China Sea, and also evaluates how conflicts have been “managed” to date and suggests as to how they might be better managed in the future. This book concludes with recommendations for improving the situation in the region by ensuring a strong economic relationships, using high-resolution observation satellites, and undertaking joint development, and resource exploration etc.

Author : R. G. Crocombe
Publisher : [email protected]
ISBN 13 : 9789820203884
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asia in the Pacific Islands written by R. G. Crocombe and published by [email protected]. This book was released on 2007 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A spectacular transition is under way in the Pacific Islands, as a result of which all our lives will be radically different. In the last fifty years or so, Asia has begun to play a bigger and bigger role in all aspects of Islands life - migration, trade and investment, aid and development, information and media, religion, culture and sport. It is replacing the West. The process is irreversible. With his trademark breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding of the region, based on over half a century of experience, study and deliberation, Ron Crocombe documents the early connections between Asia and the Pacific, details recent and continuing changes, and poses challenging theories about the future."--Publisher.

Author : P. Rangsimaporn
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230244742
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russia as an Aspiring Great Power in East Asia written by P. Rangsimaporn and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-08-27 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rangsimaporn argues that Russia aspires to become a great power and tries to achieve this through utilizing its position as a Eurasian country, with vast territories in East Asia, its economic assets, primarily arms and energy, and careful management of its role in a multipolar East Asia with a complex balance of power.