Title: The environmental dimension of Asian security : conflict and cooperation over energy, resources, and pollution /
Authors: Hyŏn, In-tʻaek, 1954-; Schreurs, Miranda A. 1963-
Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Environmental policy Asia International cooperation.; Security, International Environmental aspects Asia.; Environmental protection Asia International cooperation.; Quality of life Asia.
Abstract: "Northeast Asia is a region with highly disparate levels of industrialization and political systems. It also contains some very troubling security flashpoints - the Taiwan Strait, the Korean Peninsula, and the East China Sea. China's rapacious quest for energy and rapid industrial expansion has led to intense international competition - with Japan and the United States - and internal instability as well. North Korea poses two distinct environmental security threats: "famine refugees" and the regime's use of "nuclear blackmail" for subsidized energy. Yet there is very little regional cooperation, despite the need to manage disputes over energy, natural resources, and pervasive pollution. The Environmental Dimension of Asian Security examines these issues through a "regional environmental security complex" that explores the potential for greater intersubjective understandings of regional environmental and natural resource problems and greater institutional collaboration and management."--Jacket.
Contents: Introduction: The environment-security nexus in Northeast Asia / In-Taek Hyun, Sung-han Kim -- A regional environmental security-complex approach to environmental security in Northeast Asia / Geun Lee -- Energy security and regional stability in Northeast Asia / Sangsun Shim, Miranda A. Schreurs -- The case of radioactive waste management in East Asia / Young-Ja Bae -- Security, energy, and the environment : the atmospheric link / Anna Brettell -- Regional security and cooperation in the protection of marine environments in Northeast Asia / Miranda A. Schreurs -- Water security in Northeast Asia : coping with global water issues / Mika Merviö -- Food security in East Asia and the North Korean famine / Shin-wha Lee -- Inter-Korean environmental cooperation : options for improving environmental quality in North Korea / Kyodok Hong -- The state and nongovernmental organizations in Northeast Asia's environmental security / Esook Yoon, Seunghwan Lee, Fengshi Wu -- A regional environmental security complex in East Asia : the reality and the potential / Elizabeth Economy -- Conclusion: East Asia's environmental challenges and their implications for security and regional cooperation / Miranda A. Schreurs.