The evolving maritime balance of power in the Asia-Pacific [[electronic resource] ] : maritime doctrines and nuclear weapons at sea / / editors, Lawrence W. Prabhakar, Joshua H. Ho, Sam Bateman

• Pubblicazione: Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific; Singapore, : Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (319 p.)
• Disciplina: 359/.0309164
• Soggetto topico: Sea-power - Pacific Area; Nuclear weapons - Pacific Area
• Soggetto geografico: Pacific Area Strategic aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: PrabhakarLawrence W HoJoshua BatemanW. S. G (Walter Samuel Grono)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents ; 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 ; 3. 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 ; 7. 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 ; 8. 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 ; 10. 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 ; V. Conclusion
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The evolving maritime balance of power in the Asia-Pacific
• ISBN: 1-281-92474-1; 9786611924744; 981-277-342-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451439103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II