Narratives of Security in Asian Geopolitics
Journal: Bond University Research Portal (Bond University)
Year: 2019

From a global history perspective there is nothing inherently Western in the conceptual basis of Asian security. Despite structural resemblances to the pursuit of security in the contemporary international system, the agents within this order come from a diverse historical and philosophical setting. This paper examines three narratives of security in Asian geopolitics: those of Indic Mandala, Chinese Paradox and Islamic Transition. The first divides into two parts: the Buddhist-Hindu cosmologica