Securing Asia Through Institutions?
The Promises and Pitfalls of Asia's Security Architectures
Nick Bisley(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
186 pages
978-0-415-56318-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a systematic analysis of the current state and future trajectory of security cooperation in the world's most economically dynamic and strategically uncertain region. It explains the rapid rise of a complex array of security mechanisms in Asia and argues that their limited influence on Asian states' security policy derives from a combination of institutional and diplomatic shortcomings, as well as the broader mistrust and strategic uncertainty evident in the region. As such, the paper argues that Asia presently has a fractured security architecture and that this likely to remain the case in the short term. Although current security cooperation is not providing substantive reassurance to many regional powers, indeed it is to some degree masking the growing wariness among many regional powers, institutional mechanisms can contribute to the creation of a stable regional order in Asia and the prospects of such efforts are politically plausible, but by no means inevitable. Provided they are well designed and have sufficient political capital invested in them, security institutions can be capable of providing regional security public goods that are not available through other means, and which the region will need if it is to be able to make good on its potential.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-415-56318-5 (9780415563185)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
La Trobe University, Australia
Content
Introduction 1. Security Cooperation: Institutions and Architecture 2. Asia's Security Institutions and Mechanisms 3. Asia's Fractured Security Architecture 4. The Prospects of Future Security Cooperation in Asia Conclusion