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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459557903321

Autore

Bercovitch Jacob

Titolo

International conflict in the Asia-Pacific : patterns, consequences, and management / / Jacob Bercovitch and Mikio Oishi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-93881-8

1-282-65611-2

9786612656118

0-203-84708-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Routledge Global Security Studies

Altri autori (Persone)

OishiMikio

Disciplina

303.6/9095

Soggetti

Conflict management - Asia

Conflict management - Pacific Area

Peace-building - Asia

Peace-building - Pacific Area

Electronic books.

Asia Politics and government 21st century

Pacific Area Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1 Introduction: Conflict in the Asia-Pacific region in the post-Second World War period; 2 Conflict management and its application to conflicts in the Asia-Pacific region; 3 Management of conflict on the Korean Peninsula: From confrontation to sustaining a failing state; 4 Management of the rivalry across the Taiwan Strait: Addressing the transformation from ideological rivalry to ethnic conflict; 5 Management of the dispute over the Spratly Islands: Taming a dragon in the South China Sea

6 Management of the Indo-Pakistan conflict: Siamese twins inflicting lethal blows on each other7 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyses four major long-standing and intractable conflicts in the Asia-Pacific region (the Korean Peninsula; the Taiwan Strait; the



South China Sea (Spratly Islands); and India-Pakistan), and aims to identify the mechanisms used to manage these conflicts.International Conflict in the Asia-Pacific brings together in one volume four major international conflicts that have shaped the region, and studies how they evolved and how best to manage them. The book seeks to find a pattern common to the four conflicts and their management as well as taking note of