Research Catalog

Title

Asian security and the rise of China : international relations in an age of volatility / David Martin Jones, Nicholas Khoo, M.L.R. Smith.

Author

Jones, David Martin, 1950-

Publication

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2013.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Khoo, Nicholas
• Smith, M. L. R. (Michael Lawrence Rowan), 1963-

Description

ix, 291 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

• "East Asia is without question a region of huge economic, political and security significance. Asian Security and the Rise of China offers a comprehensive overview and assessment of the international politics of the Asia-Pacific since the end of the Cold War, seeking to address the overarching question of how we can most convincingly explain the central dynamics of Asia's international relations. Via a realist perspective on the dynamics and frictions associated with accommodating the rise of powerful states, this timely book addresses the core issue in contemporary Asian politics: the rise of China.
• "The contributors expertly evaluate China's rise and the impact it has had on the dynamics of regional relations in North East and South East Asia. They demonstrate that China's economic development and its regional and international ambition increasingly conflict with the existing consensus-based regional arrangements such as the ASEAN Regional Forum and the East Asian Summit mechanism. As a consequence, smaller states in teh region increasingly resort to hedging and balancing strategies in an attempt to mitigate Chinese hegemony. This leaves the region in the grip of a complex and potentially destabilizing security dilemma.
• "The book offers a compelling analysis of the problem that China presents for its region that will enlighten undergraduate students of regional political studies and international relations. Postgraduate and Master's students on courses addressing East and South East Asia will also find plenty of information in this invaluable book."--From back cover.

Alternative Title

International relations in an age of volatility

Subject

• Since 1945
• Security, International > Asia
• China > Foreign relations > 1976-
• Asia > Foreign relations > 1945-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-284) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Rocky rise: US-China relations in the post-Cold War era -- Fear factor: Northeast Asian responses to China's rise -- ASEAN's elusive search for a role in East Asian international relations -- Norms are what strong states make of them: ASEAN in an age of volatility -- Producing security: state power, democracy and Southeast Asian regionalism -- Between two worlds: Australian foreign policy, the rise of China and middle-power responses to new and old security dilemmas -- The new twenty years' crisis: East Asia and the northern financial crisis -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9781781004616 (hbk.)
• 1781004617 (hbk.)
• 1781004625 (ebook)
• 9781781004623 (ebook)

LCCN

^^2012951761

OCLC

• 822959981
• SCSB-12380729

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library