Author: PEMPEL, T.J. & LEE, Chung-Min eds.
Title: Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia: Architecture and Beyond.
Description: Routledge, 2012. Hardcover. Condition vg. No dj. The security architecture in Northeast Asia to date has been predominately U.S.-dominated bilateral alliances, weak institutional structures and the current Six Party Talks dealing with the North Korean nuclear issue. Since the late 1990s, there has been burgeoning interest among regional states towards forming new multilateral institutions as well as reforming and revitalizing existing mechanisms. Much of this effort has been in the economic and political arenas, with the creation of bodies such as the East Asian Summit, but there have also been important initiatives in the security sphere. This book offers detailed examinations about how this potentially tense region of the world is redefining certain longstanding national interests, and shows how this shift is the result of changing power relations, the desire to protect hard-won economic gains, as well as growing trust in new processes designed to foster regional cooperation over regional conflict. Includes papers on Nuclear Weapons, State Bellicosity, and Propsepcts for an East Asian Security Architecture; China's Strategic Option: Multilateralism and the Pursuit of Influence; What is a "Liberal" East Asia Policy? Japan and the DPJ Government etc. 238pp. ISBN 9780415506953.

Keywords: region regional security asia asian 21st twenty first century history terrorism terrorists terrorist arms arm control northeast korea china japan united states of america american international relations foreign affairs politics political