The unraveling of Island Asia?
Subtitle: governmental, communal, and regional instability
By: edited by Bruce Vaughn.
Contributors: Vaughn, Bruce, 1963-
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Westport, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: National security -- Oceania.; National security -- Asia, Southeastern.; Oceania -- Politics and government.; Asia, Southeastern -- Politics and government.; Oceania -- Strategic aspects.; Asia, Southeastern -- Strategic aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Internal conflict and regional security in island Asia: stabilizing the "arc of instability" / Benjamin Reilly; title: Indonesia: the regional giant / John B. Haseman; title: Deep insecurity and political stability: inside Mahathir's Malaysia / William Case; title: Mindanao and its impact on security in the Philippines / David G. Wiencek; title: Rethinking security in the South Pacific: Fiji and the Solomon Islands / Sandra Tarte, Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka; title: Tensions in Micronesia / Stephen Hoadley; title: The Bougainville peace process: the "pacific" settlement of disputes? / Bede Corry; title: Regional transnational security challenges / Peter Chalk; title: External power engagement in Melanesia / Henry S. Albinski; title: The United States and the region / William Tow; title: Secur(itiz)ing the environment: unraveling environmental security in Pacific Asia / Lorraine Elliott; title: Post-financial crisis assessment and AFTA-CER trade relations / Sean McDonald.