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1. Security and International Politics in the South China Sea

   Towards a co-operative management regime

   Edited by Sam Bateman, Ralf Emmers

   Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

   The South China Sea has long been regarded as a major source of tension and instability in East Asia. Managing the risk of possible conflict over disputed claims in the South China Sea has been a significant challenge for regional relations. This book explores international politics and security in...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Geopolitics and Maritime Territorial Disputes in East Asia

   By Ralf Emmers

   Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

   Geopolitics is a crucial element in understanding international relations in East Asia, with major and medium powers competing for influence. This book examines geopolitics in East Asia, focusing in particular on its major, contentious maritime territorial disputes. It looks in particular detail at...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
3. ASEAN and the Institutionalization of East Asia

   Edited by Ralf Emmers

   Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

   This book examines the evolving multilateral security arrangements in East Asia, with a focus on the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It explores the function and relevance of ASEAN in East Asia's emerging institutional security landscape. These issues have direct...

   Published September 27th 2011 by Routledge
4. Order and Security in Southeast Asia

   Essays in Memory of Michael Leifer

   Edited by Ralf Emmers, Joseph Liow

   Series: Politics in Asia

   Michael Leifer, who died in 2001, was one of the leading scholars of Southeast Asian international relations. He was hugely influential through his extensive writings and his contacts with people in government and business in the region. In this book, many of Leifer’s students, colleagues and...

   Published December 5th 2005 by Routledge
5. Cooperative Security and the Balance of Power in ASEAN and the ARF

   By Ralf Emmers

   Series: Politics in Asia

   Emmers questions the dichotomy implicit in this interpretation and investigates what role the balance of power really plays in such cooperative security arrangements and in the calculations of the participants of ASEAN and the ARF. He offers a thorough analysis of the influence the balance of power...

   Published November 10th 2004 by Routledge
6. Cooperative Security and the Balance of Power in ASEAN and the ARF

   By Ralf Emmers

   Series: Politics in Asia

   In this book, Emmers addresses the key question: to what extent may the balance of power play a part in such cooperative security arrangements and in the calculations of the participants of ASEAN and the ART? He investigates the role of the power balance in detailed examinations of the creation of...

   Published June 11th 2003 by Routledge