Table of Contents

Part 1 East Asian security after the Cold War: ripe for rivalry - prospects for peace in a multipolar Asia; wealth, power and instability - East Asia and the United States after the Cold War; arms and affluence - military acquisitions in the Asia-Pacific region. Part 2 The implications of the rise of China: hegemon on the horizon? China's threat to East Asian security; China's illusory threat to the South China Sea; East Asia and the "constrainment" of China; China's new "old thinking" - the concept of limited deterrence; Chinese perspectives on nuclear arms control. Part 3 The future of Japan's security role: Japan's national security - structures, norms and policies; from sword to chrysanthemum - Japan's culture of anti-militarism; the glorification of war in Japanese education.

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An excellent and provacative collection of articles on East Asia and its post-cold War security dillemas. Indispensable for courses dealing with East Asian Security issues. -- Yuen Foong Khong, Oxford University This most important collection of essays combines important theoretical and empirical scholarship on security relations in contemporary East Asia. The articles are presented very clearly and address vitally important issues and debates. The book will prove a valuable teaching tool for undergraduate and graduate courses covering East Asian international relations, security politics, or America's role in the post-Cold War World. -- Thomas J. Christensen, Cornell University

About the Author

Michael E. Brown is Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Steven E. Miller is director of the International Security Program at the Belfer Center. Sean M. Lynn-Jones is Editor of International Security, the International Security Program's quarterly journal. He is also series editor of the Belfer Center Studies in International Security, the Program's book series that is published by MIT Press.

Reviews

"An excellent and provocative collection of articles on East Asia and its post-Cold War security dilemmas. Indispensable for courses dealing with East Asian security issues."--Yuen Foong Khong, Oxford University

& quot; An excellent and provocative collection of articles on East Asia and its post-Cold War security dilemmas. Indispensable for courses dealing with East Asian security issues.& quot; -- Yuen Foong Khong, Oxford University

" An excellent and provocative collection of articles on East Asia and its post-Cold War security dilemmas. Indispensable for courses dealing with East Asian security issues." -- Yuen Foong Khong, Oxford University