Pacific Asia?: Prospects for Security and Cooperation in East Asia

by Melvin Gurtov

Book Overview

Emphasizing human and environmental security over traditional power politics, Mel Gurtov offers a provocative reinterpretation of security in the Asia-Pacific region. The author questions a number of prevailing assumptions, such as the China threat, a U.S.-centered balance of power, and the necessity of a greater Japanese security role. He argues instead for a cooperative framework for future security that focuses on people's basic needs, is sensitive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074250851X
• ISBN13: 9780742508514
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"