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East Asian security

edited by Michael E. Brown, Sean M. Lynn-Jones and Steven E. Miller

(International security readers)

MIT Press, c1996

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Includes bibliographical references

2nd printing(1998): xxiv, 352 p

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Description

The implications of the rapid growth of East Asian countries in the post-Cold War world.The future of East Asian security has become a critically important topic in the post-Cold War world. Virtually all of the Asia-Pacific countries are enjoying rapid economic growth, but many remain wary of their neighbors. Unlike every other region of the world, East Asia's military spending continues to accelerate. East Asian Security addresses some of the most important strategic questions about the future of the region.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 East Asian security after the Cold War: ripe for rivalry - prospects for peace in a multipolar Asia
  • wealth, power and instability - East Asia and the United States after the Cold War
  • arms and affluence - military acquisitions in the Asia-Pacific region. Part 2 The implications of the rise of China: hegemon on the horizon? China's threat to East Asian security
  • China's illusory threat to the South China Sea
  • East Asia and the "constrainment" of China
  • China's new "old thinking" - the concept of limited deterrence
  • Chinese perspectives on nuclear arms control. Part 3 The future of Japan's security role: Japan's national security - structures, norms and policies
  • from sword to chrysanthemum - Japan's culture of anti-militarism
  • the glorification of war in Japanese education.

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