Asian Security Studies
About the Book Series
Few regions of the world are fraught with as many security questions as Asia. Within this region it is possible to study great power rivalries, irredentist conflicts, nuclear and ballistic missile proliferation, secessionist movements, ethnoreligious conflicts and inter-state wars. This series publishes the best possible scholarship on the security issues affecting the region, and includes detailed empirical studies, theoretically oriented case studies and policy-relevant analyses as well as more general works.
Explaining Contemporary Asian Military Modernization: The Myth of Asia’s Arms Race
1st Edition
By Sheryn Lee
January 09, 2023
This book proposes a novel theoretical framework of "interactive arming" in order to explain armament dynamics in contemporary Asia. Frequently, the modernisation of contemporary naval forces in Asia is described as an "arms race," with the underlying assumption being that weapons acquisitions and...
Chinese Power and Artificial Intelligence: Perspectives and Challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By William C. Hannas, Huey-Meei Chang
July 29, 2022
This book provides a comprehensive account of Chinese AI in its various facets, based on primary Chinese-language sources. China’s rise as an AI power is an event of importance to the world and a potential challenge to liberal democracies. Filling a gap in the literature, this volume is fully ...
US–China Foreign Relations: Power Transition and its Implications for Europe and Asia
1st Edition
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By Robert S. Ross, Øystein Tunsjø, Dong Wang
October 16, 2020
This book examines the power transition between the US and China, and the implications for Europe and Asia in a new era of uncertainty. The volume addresses the impact that the rise of China has on the United States, Europe, transatlantic relations, and East Asia. China is seeking to use its ...
China's Quest for Foreign Technology: Beyond Espionage
1st Edition
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By William C. Hannas, Didi Kirsten Tatlow
September 23, 2020
This book analyzes China’s foreign technology acquisition activity and how this has helped its rapid rise to superpower status. Since 1949, China has operated a vast and unique system of foreign technology spotting and transfer aimed at accelerating civilian and military development, reducing the ...
China and International Nuclear Weapons Proliferation: Strategic Assistance
1st Edition
By Henrik Stålhane Hiim
January 14, 2020
This book explores China’s approach to the nuclear programs in Pakistan, Iran, and North Korea. A major power with access to nuclear technology, China has a significant impact on international nuclear weapons proliferation, but its attitude towards the spread of the bomb has been inconsistent. ...
China’s Use of Military Force in Foreign Affairs: The Dragon Strikes
1st Edition
By Markus B. Liegl
September 27, 2018
This book explains why China has resorted to the use of large-scale military force in foreign affairs. How will China use its growing military might in coming crisis and existing conflicts? This book contributes to the current debate on the future of the Asia-Pacific region by examining why China ...
China and Nordic Diplomacy
1st Edition
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By Bjørnar Sverdrup-Thygeson, Wrenn Yennie Lindgren, Marc Lanteigne
October 13, 2017
This book seeks to explore Nordic approaches to China and the idea of sub-regional diplomacy. China’s multi-tiered approach to Europe can be seen vividly in the Nordic sub-region, which has been engaging Beijing through a variety of different means corresponding to the political and economic ...
Chinese Foreign Relations with Weak Peripheral States: Asymmetrical Economic Power and Insecurity
1st Edition
By Jeffrey Reeves
June 30, 2017
This book examines China’s relations with its weak peripheral states through the theoretical lens of structural power and structural violence. China’s foreign policy concepts toward its weak neighbouring states, such as the ‘One Belt, One Road’ strategy, are premised on the assumption that ...
Democratic Transition and Security in Pakistan
1st Edition
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By Shaun Gregory
May 25, 2017
This volume examines the trajectory of Pakistan’s democratic transition and the implications of this change for its security. In May 2013, for the first time in its 66-year history, Pakistan saw an elected government complete a full term in office and transfer power through the ballot box to ...
Multilateral Asian Security Architecture: Non-ASEAN Stakeholders
1st Edition
By See Seng Tan
February 27, 2017
This book provides a comparative assessment of the material and ideational contributions of five countries to the regional architecture of post-Cold War Asia. In contrast to the usual emphasis placed on the role and centrality of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Asia’s ...
Globalization and Security Relations across the Taiwan Strait: In the shadow of China
1st Edition
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By Ming-chin Monique Chu, Scott L. Kastner
October 10, 2016
This book presents an interdisciplinary examination of cross-Taiwan Strait relations and the complex dynamics at play in the region. Since the election of Ma Ying-jeou as Taiwan’s president in 2008, the relationship across the Taiwan Strait—long viewed as one of Asia’s most volatile potential ...
US Taiwan Policy: Constructing the Triangle
1st Edition
By Øystein Tunsjø
October 29, 2015
The relationship between the United States and China is one of the most important issues in the twenty-first century, and is, ultimately, hostage to conditions across the Taiwan Strait. This book is the first to attempt to trace the historical origin of what is known as the ‘Taiwan issue’ in ...