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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780258503321

Titolo

The unraveling of island Asia? [[electronic resource] ] : governmental, communal, and regional instability / / edited by Bruce Vaughn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002

ISBN

1-280-37372-5

9786610373727

0-313-01084-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VaughnBruce <1963->

Disciplina

327/.O959

Soggetti

National security - Oceania

National security - Southeast Asia

Oceania Politics and government

Southeast Asia Politics and government

Oceania Strategic aspects

Southeast Asia Strategic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: PART I. OVERVIEW -- 1. Internal Conflict and Regional Security in Island Asia: -- Stabilizing the "Arc of Instability" -- Benjamin Reilly --PART II. STATE- AND TERRITORIAL-FOCUSED CHAPTERS -- 2. Indonesia: The Regional Giant -- John B. Haseman -- 3. Deep Insecurity and Political Stability: -- Inside Mahathir's Malaysia -- William Case -- 4. Mindanao and Its Impact on Security in the Philippines -- David G. Wiencek -- 5. Rethinking Security in the South Pacific: -- Fiji and the Solomon Islands -- Sandra Tarte and Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka -- 6. Tensions in Micronesia -- Stephen Hoadley -- 7. The Bougainville Peace Process: -- The "Pacific" Settlement of Disputes? -- Bede Corry --PART III. REGIONALLY FOCUSED CHAPTERS -- 8. Regional Transnational Security Challenges -- Peter Chalk -- 9. External Power Engagement in Melanesia -- Henry S. Albinski -- 10. The United States and the Region -- William Tow -- 11. Secur(itiz)ing the Environment: -- Unraveling Environmental Security in Pacific Asia -- Lorraine Elliott -- 12. Post-Financial Crisis



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