LEADER 04827nam 22006854a 450 001 9910451439103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-92474-1 010 $a9786611924744 010 $a981-277-342-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000414605 035 $a(EBL)1681343 035 $a(OCoLC)879025148 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000151609 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11146916 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000151609 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10320581 035 $a(PQKB)11565879 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1681343 035 $a(WSP)00006128 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1681343 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10201205 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL192474 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000414605 100 $a20060417d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe evolving maritime balance of power in the Asia-Pacific$b[electronic resource] $emaritime doctrines and nuclear weapons at sea /$feditors, Lawrence W. Prabhakar, Joshua H. Ho, Sam Bateman 210 $aHackensack, NJ $cWorld Scientific ;$aSingapore $cInstitute of Defence and Strategic Studies$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (319 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-256-828-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents ; Acknowledgments ; Foreword ; Biographies of Contributors ; I. Introduction ; 1. Cooperation or Competition in Maritime Asia-Pacific? ; II. Issues Trends and Paradigms in Maritime Asia-Pacific ; 2. Sea Power in the Asia-Pacific Region 327 $a3. Maritime Strategic Trends in the Asia-Pacific:Issues and Challenges III. National Maritime Doctrines and Capabilities ; 4. China's Naval Strategy and Transformation ; 5. Indian Navy: Keeping Pace with Emerging Challenges ; 6. Japan's National Maritime Doctrines and Capabilities 327 $a7. Security in the Pacific Rim: Evolving US Strategies Doctrines and Forces for Maritime Cooperation and Regional Collective Action IV. Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defences: The Maritime Dimension in the Asia-Pacific 327 $a8. China's Nuclear Doctrine Its Strategic Naval Power and Anti-Missile Defence Initiatives 9. Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defences: The Maritime Dimension in the Asia-Pacific 327 $a10. Transforming Old Idealism into New Realism: A New Dimension in Japan's Strategy for Non-Proliferation and Counter-Proliferation and its Implications for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific 11. Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defenses in the Asia-Pacific: A Maritme Perspective 327 $aV. Conclusion 330 $a The Asia-Pacific region has emerged as the hub of global geo-political, geo-economic and geo-strategic significance in the post-Cold War period. The rise of China and the resurgence of India will be the hallmark for the next 50 years. How this surge in power is accommodated by the incumbent powers like the United States and Japan, and how the new regional powers like China and India manage the power politics that emerge will be the key determinants of regional stability. This volume examines the national maritime doctrines as well as the nuclear weapons developments at sea of the four major 606 $aSea-power$zPacific Area 606 $aNuclear weapons$zPacific Area 607 $aPacific Area$xStrategic aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSea-power 615 0$aNuclear weapons 676 $a359/.0309164 701 $aPrabhakar$b Lawrence W$0914134 701 $aHo$b Joshua$0914135 701 $aBateman$b W. S. G$g(Walter Samuel Grono)$0320735 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451439103321 996 $aThe evolving maritime balance of power in the Asia-Pacific$92048091 997 $aUNINA