Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Contributors xv
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I. CONCEPTUAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
7. 1. Rethinking Security: A Critical Review and Appraisal of the Debate 27
8. 2. International Politics in Asia: The Historical Context 65
9. PART II. SECURITY PRACTICE: COUNTRY STUDIES
10. 3. China: Security Practice of a Modernizing and Ascending Power 115
11. 4. India: Modified Structuralism 157
12. 5. Japan: Normative Constraints Versus Structural Imperatives 198
13. NORTHEAST ASIA
14. 6 North Korea: Deterrence Through Danger 234
15. 7 South Korea: Recasting Security Paradigms 264
16. 8 Taiwan: In the Dragon's Shadow 288
17. SOUTH ASIA
18. 9 Bangladesh: A Weak State and Power 315
19. 10 Pakistan: The Crisis Within 338
20. 11 Sri Lanka: The Many Faces of Security 367
21. CONTINENTAL SOUTHEAST ASIA
22. 12 Myanmar: Preoccupation with Regime Survival, National Unity, and Stability 390
23. 13 Thailand: The Elite's Shifting Conceptions of Security 417
24. 14 Vietnam: Struggle and Cooperation 445
25. 15 Indonesia: Domestic Priorities Define National Security 477
26. 16 Malaysia: Reinventing the Nation 513
27. 17 The Philippines: State Versus Society? 549
28. 18 Singapore: Realist cum Trading State 579
29. PART III Conclusion
30. 19 Asian Practice of Security: Key Features and Explanations 611
31. 20 Conceptualizing: Hierarchy and Conceptual Traveling 677
32. Notes 701
33. Bibliography 745
34. Index 821