Building AsiaÆs Security

by Bisley,Nick

• ISBN13: 9780415582667
• ISBN10: 0415582660
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-02-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

As global economic and strategic weight shifts to Asia, countries in the region are considering how to protect themselves better in the uncertain strategic landscape of the twenty-first century. Alliances with the United States remain pivotal, but China is an ever more dominant presence. Faced with this, and with growing transnational threats such as terrorism, energy insecurity and infectious diseases. Asian governments are increasingly interested in multilateral security cooperation.

Author Biography

Nick Bisley is Associate Professor in International Relations and Convenor of Politics and International Relations at La Trobe University Australia. His recent publications include. Rethinking Globalization (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) and Issues in 21st Century, World Politics (Palgrave Macmillan 2009, co-edited with Mark Beeson), His next book, Great Powers and International Order, will be published by Lynne Rienner in 2010.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Security Architecture, the Asian Way	p. 17
Security cooperation: meaning and forms	p. 18
The appeal of 'architecture'	p. 23
Looking to Europe	p. 25
Grand and not-so-grand designs	p. 28
'Architecture' as a sign of purpose	p. 30
The Current Regional Order	p. 33
A move towards multilateralism	p. 33
Recent multilateral security bodies	p. 35
New dialogue forums	p. 43
Broader bodies now focusing on security	p. 48
Functional security mechanisms	p. 59
Track II security multilateralism	p. 64
Bilateral approaches, old and new	p. 66
Participants in Asia's multilateral processes	p. 73
Overlapping participation in Asian multilateral processes	p. 75
Diagram 1: Main US military-security alliances	p. 76
Understanding the Complexities	p. 77
Identifying the ingredients of success	p. 78
What doesn't work	p. 84
Lack of trust and investment	p. 86
Untamed growth: overlap and crowding	p. 88
Twin-track policies	p. 90
Hedging their bets	p. 93
A fractured architecture	p. 97
Imagining Alternatives	p. 103
Northeast Asian security mechanism	p. 104
ADMM-Plus	p. 109
Asian maritime cooperation	p. 110
Community building in Asia	p. 112
Multilateralising the US alliance system	p. 115
An Asian security regime?	p. 119
Flexible coalitions	p. 121
Other options	p. 122
The bounds of possibility	p. 124
Conclusion: Ways Forward	p. 131
Building on existing benefits	p. 134
Towards a networked approach	p. 136
Tidying the clutter	p. 140
Seizing the opportunity	p. 142
Glossary	p. 145
Notes	p. 147
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