Summary This book argues that community can exist at the international level, and that states dwelling within an international community have the capacity to develop…
Topic: East Asian Security
Summary In Hard Interests, Soft Illusions, Natasha Hamilton-Hart explores the belief held by foreign policy elites in much of Southeast Asia—Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore,…
Abstract The Asian Pacific region is highly unstable, but not for the reasons usually assumed. Contrary to the assertions of Realists, who argue multipolarity makes…
Summary The major criticism of the ASEAN Community idea is its elitist approaches. It lacks the most crucial components that have brought about the success…
Summary This second edition of Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia takes the excellent framework from Acharya’s first edition and brings it up-to-date, looking at ASEAN’s…
Summary More than a decade has passed since the end of the Cold War, but Asia still faces serious security challenges. These include the current…
Summary Asia is a crucial battleground for power and influence in the international system. It is also a theater of new experiments in regional cooperation…
Abstract A unified Korean Peninsula will challenge U.S. strategy and policy toward the Asia-Pacific region. In this context, CSIS is conducted a 12-month study aimed…
Abstract South Korea today is bitterly divided between conservatives and the ruling coalition of progressives, who adhere to a leftist-nationalist ideology that harbors an increasingly…
Abstract Russia’s power resources have recovered significantly since the start of the twenty-first century and with that recovery the Kremlin has become more assertive in…
Abstract Just 15 years after the Cold War’s end, hopes of integrating Russia into the West have been dashed, and the Kremlin has started creating…
Summary A review of America’s post-Soviet strategy toward Russia is long overdue. The illusions that once guided policy are now at an end. What is…
Summary This book studies the impact of cultural factors on the course of military innovations. One would expect that countries accustomed to similar technologies would…
Summary For the past sixty years, the U.S. government has assumed that Japan’s security policies would reinforce American interests in Asia. The political and military…
Summary While appearing to be more nationalistic and less reluctant to engage international security challenges, Japan continues to pursue a comprehensive strategy integrating its security…
