Regional Security Structures in Asia (Hardcover)

From the Publisher: This book argues that explanations of international relations in Asia in the post-second world war period have relied too much on the cold war as a key explanatory factor, and have not given enough emphasis to the useful concepts of 'regional power formation', 'conflict formation' and 'conflict resolution'. The author outlines these concepts and goes on to elaborate them, and to apply them to three key Asian regions - north-east, south-east, and south Asia - discussing practical strategic issues in a historical perspective and arguing that the concepts, and other concepts which he discusses, are extremely helpful in making sense of the complex pattern of international relations in Asia. This book argues that explanations of international relations in Asia in the post-second world war period have relied too much on the cold war as a key explanatory factor, and have not given enough emphasis to the useful concepts of 'regional power formation', 'conflict formation' and 'conflict resolution'. The author outlines these concepts and goes on to elaborate them, and to apply them to three key Asian regions - north-east, south-east, and south Asia - discussing practical strategic issues in a historical perspective and arguing that the concepts, and other concepts which he discusses, are extremely helpful in making sense of the complex pattern of international relations in Asia.