Asian security reassessed / edited by Stephen Hoadley and Jurgen Ruland

Includes bibliographical references and index

Asia in the context of this book comprises East and Southeast Asia with the United States as an external power. The book comprises fifteen papers under 4 different headings namely: Approaches to Asian Security, Security Management by Asian States and Regional Institutions, Non-Traditional Challenges to Asian Security, New Concepts of Asian Security. This is a well thought out look at the different perspectives on, and experiences of, security and how these have changed over time. Tempers theory with examples and shows how traditional concepts of security have had to adapt to cope with non-traditional destabilisers while also accommodating large scale changes in the international political and economic arenas.