Asia's security. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert Ayson.
• Other Names: Ayson, Robert
• Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: How Should Asia's Security Be Approached?; The importance of Asia's security; Asia's evolution; The extent of twenty-first-century Asia; The meaning of security; The meaning of Asia's security; Asia's regional security; The organisation of this book; 2 Peace: Why Does Asia Seem More Secure?; Interstate and external explanations of Asia's peace; Peace at hand?; Military power: balance or imbalance?; Internal explanations; Independence and Asia's postcolonial world; Asia's interstate-intrastate nexus; Conclusion. 3 Power: Is It All About the USA and China?Great powers and Asia's security; The USA as a great power; Great power China?; The perils and limits of great power status; What about Russia, Japan and India?; The importance of Asia's not so great powers; Do the great powers matter that much?; Conclusion; 4 Money: Can Economic Interdependence Keep Asia Safe?; Asia's economic interdependence; The economic costs of Asian conflict; Peace through interdependence?; The political uses of economic relationships; Economic coercion: sanctions in Asia; Energy interdependence and insecurity. Uneven effects on domestic security in AsiaConclusion; 5 Guns: Will Military Technology Lead to New Conflict in Asia?; The nuclear dimension of Asia's security; Could nuclear war really happen in Asia?; The competition for conventional military advantage in Asia; Growing power projection capabilities; High-tech: Asia's cyber challenges; Low-tech: the problem of small arms; A proliferation of drones?; Conclusion; 6 Rivalry: Will Territorial Competition and Nationalism Ruin Asia's Peace?; The importance of territory; Historical complexities; Lighting the fire: nationalism; No real solutions? Conclusion7 Fragmentation: Are Asia's Main Security Problems Domestic Ones?; Force and politics in Asia; Asia's insurgencies; Failed states and human security; The spread of internal conflict?; The decline of internal conflict?; Conclusion; 8 Hazards: Will Non-State Actors and Transnational Challenges Overtake Asia?; Transnational terrorism; Piracy in Asia; The drugs and guns trades; The flow of people; Are transnational plagues regional security issues?; Climate change and Asia's security; Conclusion; 9 Interference: Can Intervention Work in Today's Asia?; Understanding intervention. From peacekeeping to intervention?Regional interventions: East Timor and Solomon Islands; Counter-insurgency: the Afghanistan experience; Justifying interventions: a changing canvas; Intervention without boots on the ground?; Mediation; Conclusion; 10 Solidarity: Can Asian States Work Together On Security?; Understanding cooperation; The ASEAN family of groupings; Coherence: a fruitless quest?; Beyond Southeast Asian regionalism; An Asian security community?; Conclusion; 11 Division: Will Alliances and Partnerships Split the Region?; US alliances in Asia; Alliance benefits and doubts.
• Publisher Details: London New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (318 pages ), maps
• Subjects: 355/.03305; Security, International -- Asia; National security -- Asia; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- International Security; National security; Security, International; Strategic aspects of individual places; Sicherheitspolitik; Außenpolitik; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- International Security; HISTORY / Military / Other; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science; Asia -- Strategic aspects; Asia; Asien; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137301833
• Related ISBNs: 113730183X; 9781137301819; 1137301813; 9781137301826; 1137301821
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-301).; Note: Description based on print version record.
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