International Security in the Asia-Pacific

Chapter 1 International Security in the Asia-Pacific: Transcending ASEAN Towards Transitional Polycentrism—An Introduction

Chapter 2 Southeast Asia: No Longer Peripheral to Global Events

Chapter 3 Defence and Security Cooperation in East Asia: Whither ASEAN Centrality?

Chapter 4 ASEAN’s Limitations in Conflict Resolution

Chapter 5 Flexing Muscles Flexibly: China and Asia’s Transitional Polycentrism

Chapter 6 The Emerging Security Landscape in the Asia-Pacific: Where ASEAN Fits Between the United States and China

Chapter 7 ASEAN in the Era of Japan-China Tensions: Diplomatic Opportunities or Strategic Dilemmas?

Chapter 8 The Role of the United States’ Quasi-Alliances in Asia: Shadow Puppetry or Hard Alliances?

Chapter 9 Order in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region: Indian Hegemony or Indian Primacy?

Chapter 10 Fostering Military Diplomacy with America’s Bilateral Allies: The Philippine Policy of Linking Spokes Together

Chapter 11 Reasons for Optimism? China, Japan and Unilateral Naval Restraint in the East China Sea

Chapter 12 The Emergence of an Asia-Pacific Diplomacy of Counter-Terrorism in Tackling the Islamic State Threat

Chapter 13 Climate Change and Food Insecurities: Destabilisers of ASEAN Centrality?

Chapter 14 Subnational Conflict Mitigation: Networks, Innovations, and the Uncertain Place of ASEAN

Chapter 15 Siloes, Synergies and Prospects for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief in Southeast Asia

Chapter 16 Asia’s Security Competition by Proxy: Competitive HADR as a Respectable Arena?

Chapter 17 Re-conceptualizing the Role of the Military for International Disaster Relief in East Asia

Chapter 18 Conclusion: Asian International Security in the Mode of Indefinite Polycentrism