Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Notes on Contributors vi
4. Preface to the second printing x
5. 1. Australia and Asia-Pacific security after September 11: an introduction 1
6. 2. The challenge for Australian foreign-policy professionals 17
7. 3. The rhetoric of Australia’s regional policy 29
8. 4. Australia’s strategic options in the US-China relationship 47
9. 5. China and Asia-Pacific security building in the new century 61
10. 6. China’s efforts as a responsible power 70
11. 7. The knowledge-based economy in China: perceptions and facts 78
12. 8. China’s ‘New Security Concept’ and Southeast Asia 89
13. 9. Chinese nationalism and its foreign policy implications 108
14. 10. Japan’s missile defence dilemma 126
15. 11. Security and stability in Southwest Asia 141
16. 12. Mediating the global order: the past and future of Asia- Pacific regional organizations 154
17. 13. The constructivist challenge to the debate on East Asian security in the new century 166
18. 14. Australian-American relations in the new century: applying resuscitation or pursuing illusions? 185
19. Epilogue 203
20. Index 214