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Bilateralism, Multilateralism and Asia-Pacific Security

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Contending Cooperation

Bilateralism, Multilateralism and Asia-Pacific Security

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Bilateralism, Multilateralism and Asia-Pacific Security book

Contending Cooperation
Edited ByWilliam Tow, Brendan Taylor
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2013
eBook Published 26 March 2013
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203367087
Pages 240
eBook ISBN 9780203367087
Subjects Area Studies, Politics & International Relations
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Tow, W., & Taylor, B. (Eds.). (2013). Bilateralism, Multilateralism and Asia-Pacific Security: Contending Cooperation (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203367087

ABSTRACT

Many scholars of international relations in Asia regard bilateralism and multilateralism as alternative and mutually exclusive approaches to security co-operation. They argue that multilateral associations such as ASEAN will eventually replace the system of bilateral alliances which were the predominant form of U.S. security co-operation with Asia-Pacific allies during the Cold War. Yet these bilateral alliances continue to be the primary means of the United States’ strategic engagement with the region. This book contends that bilateralism and multilateralism are not mutually exclusive, and that bilateralism is likely to continue strong even as multilateralism strengthens. It explores a wide range of issues connected with this question. It discusses how US bilateral alliances have been reinvigorated in recent years, examines how bilateral and multilateral approaches to specific problems can work alongside each other, and concludes by considering how patterns of international security are likely to develop in the region in future.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part |2 pages

PART I Setting the context

chapter 1|5 pages

Introduction

ByWILLIAM T. TOW, BRENDAN TAYLOR

chapter 2|11 pages

Conceptualizing the bilateral–multilateral security nexus

ByBRENDAN TAYLOR

part |2 pages

PART II The nexus and America’s Asian alliances

chapter 3|18 pages

Bridging alliances and Asia-Pacific multilateralism

ByAJIN CHOI, WILLIAM T. TOW

chapter 4|14 pages

Stretching the Japan–US alliance

ByRIKKI KERSTEN

chapter 5|15 pages

The US–Philippines alliance: moving beyond bilateralism?

ByRENATO CRUZ DE CASTRO

chapter 6|17 pages

Thailand’s security policy: bilateralism or multilateralism? CHULACHEEB CHINWANNO

Edited ByWilliam Tow, Brendan Taylor

part |2 pages

PART III The nexus and Asian multilateralism

chapter 7|13 pages

The role of the Five Power Defence Arrangements in Southeast Asian security architecture

ByRALF EMMERS

chapter 8|15 pages

Territorial and maritime jurisdiction disputes in East Asia: comparing bilateral and multilateral approaches

ByAILEEN S.P. BAVIERA

chapter 9|18 pages

The bilateral–multilateral nexus in Asia’s defense diplomacy

ByDAVID CAPIE

part |2 pages

PART IV The nexus and Asian security order

chapter 10|22 pages

The rise of China and the transformation of Asia-Pacific security architecture

ByRYO SAHASHI

chapter 11|12 pages

Alliances and order in the “Asian Century”

ByHUGH WHITE

chapter 12|14 pages

Conceptualizing the relationship between bilateral and multilateral security approaches in East Asia: a great power regional order framework

ByEVELYN GOH

chapter 13|10 pages

Conclusion

ByWILLIAM T. TOW
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