East Asian strategic review 2014. 

 - Tokyo :  Japan Times ,  2014. 
 - xv, 359 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Executive Summary -- Chapter 1 Japan: New development of National Security Policy -- Chapter 2 The Korean peninsula -- Chapter 3 China: The Xi-Li administration faces tough going -- Chapter 4 Southeast Asia: the South China Sea grows more complicated -- Chapter 5 Australia: Bipartisan consensus for deeper engagement in Asia -- Chapter 6 Russia: Japan and Russia hold first ever two-plus-two meeting of foreign and defence ministers -- Chapter 7 The United Sates: Asia Pcific rebalancing put to the test -- Chapter 8 Afghanistan: eyes focused on the ISAF withdawal -- Chapter 9 The shale revolution and the international security environment. 
<br/><br/> Annual review from a Japanese perspective which features regular commentaries on regional geopolitics and security matters and a special theme. This year the special subject is the rapid development of shale oil and gas potential and the implications of this for international relations. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9784789015615 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>JAPAN --DEFENCE POLICY<br/>EAST ASIA --REGIONAL SECURITY<br/>SOUTH CHINA SEA<br/>JAPAN --FOREIGN RELATIONS --RUSSIA<br/>UNITED STATES --PIVOT TO ASIA<br/>AUSTRALIA --DEFENCE POLICY<br/>SHALE GAS<br/>SHALE OIL