Bøger i Asian Security Studies serien

This is a major new contribution to comparative and multidisciplinary scholarship on the alignment of religion and violence in South and Southeast Asia.

This edited volume examines the sources, manifestations and management of conflict in East Asia, which contains many of the world's conflict flashpoints, such as the Korean Peninsula and the China-Taiwan Strait.

Explores competing perspectives on the impact of nuclear weapons proliferation on the South Asian security environment. This volume creates a dialogue between scholars who believe that nuclear weapons have stabilized the subcontinent, and those who believe that nuclear weapons have made South Asia more conflict prone.

Offers insights into some of the questions surrounding China's grand strategy and its potential effects on to the international order. This approaches the subject from a variety of angles, including realist, offensive realist, institutional, power transition, interdependence, and constructivist perspectives.

Traces the origins, evolution and the state of Indo-US strategic cooperation. This volume analyzes the strategic convergence of the world's two largest democracies, whilst explaining why important differences do remain. It is of interest to students of South Asian politics, Asian security, US foreign policy and security studies in general.

Offers diverse and comprehensive views of China's rise and its implications to the East Asian region and beyond. This book integrates geopolitical and domestic political analysis of China with a set of transnational security issues, and includes a diversity of regional views.

Presents an analysis of the contemporary security of Pakistan. This book attempts to identify and examine the means by which Pakistan might make progress towards a more stable and secure future. It is aimed at scholars of South Asian politics, Asian regional security and IR in general.

This edited volume looks at contemporary Chinese civil-military relations, emphasising that the PLA is shifting from political to military tasks.

Presents an analysis of the key issues facing Chinese policy makers in their approach towards Taiwan. This book examines and explains the driving forces behind, the methods and the consequences of China using force against Taiwan. It is useful for students and scholars of military and security studies, and international relations.

Looks at Chinese civil-military relations, emphasizing that the PLA is shifting from political to military tasks.

An analysis of the key issues facing Chinese policy makers in their approach towards Taiwan. This book explains succinctly the impetus, the methods and the consequences if China is to use force, a prospect that has become greater following the return of President Chen Shui-bian to power in Taiwan for a second term in 2004.