Twenty-First Century World Order and the Asia Pacific Value Change, Exigencies, and Power Realignment

by Hsiung, James C.

• ISBN13: 9780312238797
• ISBN10: 0312238797
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-11
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Cast against the background of the global system's political volatility at the dawn of the new millennium, Twenty-First Century World Order and the Asia Pacific looks at how some of the identifiable system-wide trends (e.g., globalization, democratization, fragmentation, etc.) may find repercussions in the region. The book also addresses the question of "comprehensive security," in comparison with other regions, in a wide range of areas including economic security (geoeconomics), environmental security (ecopolitics), and human security. In addition, the book offers a reassessment of the much touted rise of Asia, more particularly China. It discusses the possible link between this shift in the world's power configuration and the projected rise of "social justice" as a guiding force for international relations in general.

Author Biography

James C. Hsiung is Professor of Politics and International Law at New York University.

Table of Contents

Acronyms	ix
Foreword	1	(16)
PART I THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
World Order of the New Century: Prospects and Perils	17	(40)
James C. Hsiung
Globalization and Its Meanings for World Order: A Discourse in Conceptual Rethinking	57	(20)
Steve Chan
PART II THE REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE
The Asia Pacific Region: Challenges in the New Era	77	(58)
James C. Hsiung
The ``Globalization Project'' and East Asia: An Opportunity or a Trap?	135	(24)
Alvin Y. So
PART III INTER-REGIONAL AND INTRA-REGIONAL TIES IN THE NEW ERA
Europe and the Asia Pacific: Two Regions in Search of a Relationship	159	(16)
Brian Bridges
Regional Trade and Security Arrangements in the Asia Pacific and the Western Hemisphere in Comparative Perspective	175	(38)
Richard Feinberg
ASEAN Regionalism and Southeast Asia's Systemic Challenges	213	(44)
Greg Felker
PART IV COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY
American Views of Asia-Pacific Security: Comprehensive or Military	257	(30)
Davis B. Bobrow
A Reinvigorated Version of Japan's Comprehensive Security: Key to Stability in the Asia Pacific	287	(22)
Sueo Sudo
China in Search of Comprehensive Security	309	(20)
Richard Weixing Hu
PART V ASIA PACIFIC AFTER THE CRISIS
Realistic Exchange Rates: A Post-Asian Financial Crisis Perspective	329	(14)
Lok Sang Ho
PART VI CONCLUSIONS
The Emergent Global and Asian Regional Order: Complementarity and Divergence	343	(36)
James C. Hsiung
About the Editor and Contributors: A Biosketch	379	(4)
Index	383