5. Balance-of-Power Politics: Consequences for Asian Security Order

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Preface ix
5. Acronyms and Abbreviations xvii
6. Contributors xxiii
7. Introduction: Predictability and Stability Despite Challenges 1
8. Part I. Conceptual Perspective
9. 1. The Study of International Order: An Analytical Framework 33
10. 2. Constructing Security Order in Asia: Conceptions and Issues 70
11. 3. Sovereignty: Dominance of the Westphalian Concept and Implications for Regional Security 106
12. Part II. Pathways to Order
13. 4. Incomplete Hegemony: The United States and Security Order in Asia 141
14. 5. Balance-of-Power Politics: Consequences for Asian Security Order 171
15. 6. Regional Institutions and Asian Security Order: Norms, Power, and Prospects for Peaceful Change 210
16. 7. Track 2 Diplomacy: Ideational Contribution to the Evolving Asian Security Order 241
17. 8. Economic Interdependence and Economic Cooperation: Mitigating Conflict and Transforming Security Order in Asia 280
18. 9. The UN System as a Pathway to Security in Asia: A Buttress, Not a Pillar 311
19. Part III. Management of Specific Issues
20. 10. Acute Conflicts in Asia After the Cold War: Kashmir, Taiwan, and Korea 349
21. 11. Territorial Disputes and Asian Security: Sources, Management, and Prospects 380
22. 12. Maritime Issues in Asia: The Problem of Adolescence 424
23. 13. Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense, and Stability: A Case for "Sober Optimism" 458
24. 14. Managing Internal Conflicts: Dominance of the State 497
25. 15. Human Security: An Intractable Problem in Asia 536
26. Part IV. Conclusion
27. 16. Managing Asian Security: Competition, Cooperation, and Evolutionary Change 571
28. Index 609