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.
Regional Institutions, Geopolitics and Economics in the Asia-Pacific: Evolving Interests and Strategies
1st Edition
Edited
By Steven B. Rothman, Utpal Vyas, Yoichiro Sato
December 12, 2019
This volume discusses the relationship between economics, geopolitics and regional institutional growth and development in the Asia-Pacific region. How do states (re)define their relationships amid the current global power transition? How do rival actors influence the rules and formation of new ...
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
Edited
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
Edited
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
Edited
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 ...
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Strategic Change: Adjusting Western regional policy
1st Edition
Edited
By Joachim Krause, Charles King Mallory, IV
July 16, 2015
The region encompassing Afghanistan and Pakistan (Af/Pak region) is undergoing a fundamental strategic change. This book analyses the nature of this strategic change, in ordre to seek possible future scenarios and to examine policy options. It also undertakes a critical review of the...
The Arms Race in Asia: Trends, causes and implications
1st Edition
By Andrew T.H. Tan
July 16, 2015
This book is the first systematic examination of the emerging arms race in Asia. The global trade in arms is to a large degree underpinned by the strong demand for arms in Asia and the Middle East, the two largest arms export markets in the world. Of these two regions Asia has become particularly ...
Conflict and Cooperation in Multi-Ethnic States: Institutional Incentives, Myths and Counter-Balancing
1st Edition
By Brian Shoup
April 09, 2015
Interethnic competition in plural societies is often characterized by a ‘counterbalance’ of political and economic strength between different groups. In such cases, tensions emerge as politically dominant groups fear loss of hegemony to more economically aggressive groups. Likewise, economically ...
Power Transition and International Order in Asia: Issues and challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter Shearman
September 18, 2014
This edited volume examines how the transition and diffusion of power in global politics is impacting on stability and order in East and Southeast Asia. Both in the academic field of International Relations (IR) and among policymakers, the big question today concerns the rise of China, the ...