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Asia-Pacific Security Challenges

Author : Anthony J. Masys
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331961729X
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Asia-Pacific Security Challenges written by Anthony J. Masys and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book examines the contemporary regional security concerns in the Asia-Pacific recognizing the ‘Butterfly effect’, the concept that small causes can have large effects: ‘the flap of a butterfly’s wings can cause a typhoon halfway around the world’. For many Asia-Pacific states, domestic security challenges are at least as important as external security considerations. Recent events (both natural disasters and man-made disasters) have pointed to the inherent physical, economic, social and political vulnerabilities that exist in the region. Both black swan events and persistent threats to security characterize the challenges within the Asia-Pacific region. Transnational security challenges such as global climate change, environmental degradation, pandemics, energy security, supply chain security, resource scarcity, terrorism and organized crime are shaping the security landscape regionally and globally. The significance of emerging transnational security challenges in the Asia-Pacific Region impact globally and conversely, security developments in those other regions affect the Asia-Pacific region.

The Politics of the Asia-Pacific

Author : Mark S. Williams
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487525990
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of the Asia-Pacific written by Mark S. Williams and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2022-01-10 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces readers to the deep political tensions in the Asia-Pacific and offers classroom simulations designed to encourage students to delve deeper into the issues and dynamics of the region.

Asia-Pacific Security

Author : David W Lovell
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9812302131
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Asia-Pacific Security written by David W Lovell and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2003 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Since September 11, 2001, our newspapers have been filled with the ""war on terror""; our governments have mobilized their resources for ""homeland security""; and people everywhere are braced for more terrorist attacks. Yet while the new threat is genuine, w"

The Evolving Maritime Balance of Power in the Asia-Pacific

Author : Lawrence W. Prabhakar
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 981256828X
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (125 download)

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Book Synopsis The Evolving Maritime Balance of Power in the Asia-Pacific by : Lawrence W. Prabhakar

Download or read book The Evolving Maritime Balance of Power in the Asia-Pacific written by Lawrence W. Prabhakar and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2006 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Asia-Pacific region has emerged as the hub of global geo-political, geo-economic and geo-strategic significance in the post-Cold War period. The rise of China and the resurgence of India will be the hallmark for the next 50 years. How this surge in power is accommodated by the incumbent powers like the United States and Japan, and how the new regional powers like China and India manage the power politics that emerge will be the key determinants of regional stability.This volume examines the national maritime doctrines as well as the nuclear weapons developments at sea of the four major powers in the Asia-Pacific, namely, China, India, Japan and the United States, to see if the evolving dynamic is a cooperative or a competitive one. In particular, the volume looks at the evolving paradigms of maritime transformation in strategy and technology; the emergent new maritime doctrines and evolving force postures in the naval orders of battle; the role and operations of nuclear navies in the Asia-Pacific; and the implications and impact of nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles and sea-based missile defence responses in the region.

Japan’s International Cooperation in Education

Author : Nobuko Kayashima
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811668159
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Japan’s International Cooperation in Education written by Nobuko Kayashima and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-31 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book records the history of Japan’s international cooperation in education from the 1950s to 2020. It provides a crucial overview of the nearly 70 years since Japan began engaging in international cooperation in education in order to record and document these efforts that range from basic to higher education to technical and vocational education and training, and the large numbers of people involved in their respective areas of activity and specialization. The book provides useful indicators for exploring new forms of education cooperation in this age of global governance and beyond. The authors include not only researchers but also field practitioners, such as personnel from the Japan International Cooperation Agency and NGOs. Chapters 1, 3, 5, 9, 12 and 15 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Author : Sandra L. Downing
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781590336984
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) written by Sandra L. Downing and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1989, President George Bush was President of the United States the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum was established to promote economic integration around the Pacific Rim and to sustain economic growth. APEC currently has 21 members: Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Republic of the Philippines; Russia; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; USA; Vietnam. The United States, recognising the value of top-level meetings to advance the work of creating a Pacific community, invited member economies' leaders to Blake Island, Washington, to meet informally to discuss major issues in the APEC region. This gathering of economic leaders has become the single most important institution in the Asia Pacific region. It brings top level attention to APEC's vision of free trade and investment as well as providing a forum for leaders to meet on a regular basis both as a group and bilaterally to discuss current issues and resolve disputes. The economic health of the APEC region is vitally important to America's continued prosperity. Economic growth across the APEC region waned this year, largely in response to the slowing US economy and the weakening global demand for many of the Asian members' exports (particularly electronics). Many members have lowered their 2001 growth projections in light of poor performance during the first half of the year, although most will still post positive results. This compelling book about APEC and its background, goals and problems, provides the reader with the necessary information on the crucial role that it plays. A revived Asia-Pacific region means more exports from and investments by U.S. companies, more jobs for Americans and more U.S. economic growth.

Maritime Challenges and Priorities in Asia

Author : Joshua Ho
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415516994
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Maritime Challenges and Priorities in Asia written by Joshua Ho and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maritime issues are particularly important for Asian countries, where there is a high reliance on shipping routes for international trade, many difficult disputes over maritime boundaries, and the prospect of increasing tensions where maritime power might play a significant role. This book uses contributions by 17 experts to build a comprehensive survey of the maritime issues affecting Asia. It discusses the issues overall, goes on to examine the issues from the perspective of each of 14 key countries, and concludes by assessing the prospects for resolving common problems in order to preserve good order at sea.

Freedoms of Navigation in the Asia-Pacific Region

Author : Sam Bateman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429557086
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book Freedoms of Navigation in the Asia-Pacific Region written by Sam Bateman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The need for freedoms of navigation in regional waters is frequently mentioned in statements from regional forums, but a common understanding of what constitutes a particular freedom of navigation or the relevant law is lacking. This book discusses how law, politics and strategy intersect to provide different perspectives of freedoms on navigation in the Asia-Pacific region. These freedoms are very important in this distinctively maritime region, but problems arise over interpreting the navigational regimes under the law of the sea, especially with regard to the rights of foreign warships to transit another country’s territorial sea without prior notification or authorisation of the coastal state, and with determining the availability of high seas freedoms of navigation and overflight in an exclusive economic zone. The book explores these issues, referring in particular to the position of the main protagonists on these issues in Asian waters – the United States and China – with their strongly opposing views. The book concludes with a discussion of the prospects for either resolving these different perspectives or for developing confidence-building measures that would reduce the risks of maritime incidents. Providing a comprehensive yet concise overview of the various different factors affecting freedom of navigation, this book will be a valuable resource for those working or studying in the fields of international relations, maritime security and the law of the sea.

Navigating COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific

Author : Bambang Susantono
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
ISBN 13 : 9292623567
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Navigating COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific written by Bambang Susantono and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has unleashed unparalleled challenges. At the same time, it offers a window to rethink Asia’s most fundamental development policies and strategies to address inequality, socioeconomic vulnerability, and environmental challenges. This publication gathers blogs and short policy pieces contributed by ADB staff and experts in an attempt to tackle immediate challenges and prepare for what may lie beyond the horizon. It covers a broad range of development challenges and highlights the crucial role of rapid adoption of digital technologies, adequate supply of quality infrastructure, disaster risk management, and strengthening regional cooperation for a resilient and sustainable future by shaping post-pandemic conditions.

Hindsight, Insight, Foresight: Thinking About Security in the Indo-Pacific

Author : Alexander L. Vuving
Publisher : Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
ISBN 13 : 0977324664
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book Hindsight, Insight, Foresight: Thinking About Security in the Indo-Pacific written by Alexander L. Vuving and published by Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hindsight, Insight, Foresight is a tour d’horizon of security issues in the Indo-Pacific. Written by 20 current and former members of the faculty at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, its 21 chapters provide hindsight, insight, and foresight on numerous aspects of security in the region. This book will help readers to understand the big picture, grasp the changing faces, and comprehend the local dynamics of regional security.

Asia-Pacific Issues

Author : Kirk R. Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Asia-Pacific Issues written by Kirk R. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Revenge of Geography

Author : Robert D. Kaplan
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812982223
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book The Revenge of Geography written by Robert D. Kaplan and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “ambitious and challenging” (The New York Review of Books) work, the bestselling author of Monsoon and Balkan Ghosts offers a revelatory prism through which to view global upheavals and to understand what lies ahead for continents and countries around the world. In The Revenge of Geography, Robert D. Kaplan builds on the insights, discoveries, and theories of great geographers and geopolitical thinkers of the near and distant past to look back at critical pivots in history and then to look forward at the evolving global scene. Kaplan traces the history of the world’s hot spots by examining their climates, topographies, and proximities to other embattled lands. The Russian steppe’s pitiless climate and limited vegetation bred hard and cruel men bent on destruction, for example, while Nazi geopoliticians distorted geopolitics entirely, calculating that space on the globe used by the British Empire and the Soviet Union could be swallowed by a greater German homeland. Kaplan then applies the lessons learned to the present crises in Europe, Russia, China, the Indian subcontinent, Turkey, Iran, and the Arab Middle East. The result is a holistic interpretation of the next cycle of conflict throughout Eurasia. Remarkably, the future can be understood in the context of temperature, land allotment, and other physical certainties: China, able to feed only 23 percent of its people from land that is only 7 percent arable, has sought energy, minerals, and metals from such brutal regimes as Burma, Iran, and Zimbabwe, putting it in moral conflict with the United States. Afghanistan’s porous borders will keep it the principal invasion route into India, and a vital rear base for Pakistan, India’s main enemy. Iran will exploit the advantage of being the only country that straddles both energy-producing areas of the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea. Finally, Kaplan posits that the United States might rue engaging in far-flung conflicts with Iraq and Afghanistan rather than tending to its direct neighbor Mexico, which is on the verge of becoming a semifailed state due to drug cartel carnage. A brilliant rebuttal to thinkers who suggest that globalism will trump geography, this indispensable work shows how timeless truths and natural facts can help prevent this century’s looming cataclysms.

Energy Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region

Author : Amy Lugg
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9814279285
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Energy Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region written by Amy Lugg and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2010 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It comprises papers based on the seminars delivered by speakers at the ISEAS Energy Forum"--Preface.

From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific

Author : Robert G. Patman
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811670072
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific written by Robert G. Patman and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-24 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a unique team of academics and practitioners to analyse interests, institutions, and issues affecting and affected by the transition from Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific. The Indo-Pacific has emerged as the world’s economic and strategic centre of gravity, in which established and rising powers compete with each other. As a strategic space, the Indo-Pacific reflects the rise of geo-political and geo-economic designs and dynamics which have come to shape the region in the early twenty-first century. These new dynamics contrast with the (neo-)liberal ideas and the seemingly increasing globalisation for which the once dominant ‘Asia-Pacific’ regional label stood.

Inequality in Asia and the Pacific

Author : Ravi Kanbur
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134670206
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Inequality in Asia and the Pacific written by Ravi Kanbur and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asia’s rapid economic growth has led to a significant reduction in extreme poverty, but accompanied by rising inequality. This book deals with three questions: What have been the trends of inequality in Asia and the Pacific? What are the key drivers of rising inequality in the region? How should Asian countries respond to the rising inequality? Technological change, globalization, and market-oriented reform have been the key drivers of Asia’s remarkable growth and poverty reduction, but they have also had significant distribution consequences. These three drivers of growth cannot be hindered because they are the sources of productivity improvement and betterment of quality of life. This book will be useful to those interested in policy options that could be deployed by Asian countries in confronting rising inequality.

Sustainability And Development In Asia And The Pacific: Emerging Policy Issues

Author : Xiumei Guo
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9813236019
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Sustainability And Development In Asia And The Pacific: Emerging Policy Issues written by Xiumei Guo and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide a common global agenda for development. However, the emerging policy issues vary greatly across the world.With 32 contributors, this volume provides a timely, research-based overview for the need for policy interventions to improve the sustainability and development models of the ten selected countries in Asia and the Pacific. The volume is firmly positioned at the cusp between research, policy and practice.

Knowledge Society and Education in the Asia-Pacific

Author : José Ernesto Rangel Delgado
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811623333
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Book Synopsis Knowledge Society and Education in the Asia-Pacific by : José Ernesto Rangel Delgado

Download or read book Knowledge Society and Education in the Asia-Pacific written by José Ernesto Rangel Delgado and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-21 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores recent trends in the knowledge-based society and education field in Asia-Pacific and discusses future challenges in the region. It presents studies on the development of scientific thought in the field on the knowledge-based society in the Pacific Circle. This book explores the theoretical framework of the knowledge-based society framed by the borders imposed by the Pacific Ocean, particularly from the perspective of the Pacific Circle Consortium (PCC), in the face of a paradigm shift to satisfy the human needs that must be preserved to guarantee economic and human conditions that future development requires. It analyzes how education relates to the knowledge society in the Asia Pacific region, and considers global issues such as environmental degradation, climate change, pollution, soil erosion, growth of the population. It discusses how these issues concerns parents, educators, civil societies and governments of the countries around the Pacific Circle. This book explores the necessity of changing the current transformative paradigm to one that ensures environmental sustainability, with the support of scientific education and research, as an issue that must be integrated into the curricula in schools at all educational levels.