The evolving maritime balance of power in the Asia-Pacific maritime doctrines and nuclear weapons at sea
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
eBook, English, c2006
World Scientific : Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Hackensack, NJ, Singapore, c2006
1 online resource (319 p.)
9781281924742, 9786611924744, 9789812773425, 1281924741, 6611924744, 9812773428
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Acknowledgments ; Foreword ; Biographies of Contributors ; I. Introduction ; 1. Cooperation or Competition in Maritime Asia-Pacific? ; II. Issues Trends and Paradigms in Maritime Asia-Pacific ; 2. Sea Power in the Asia-Pacific Region 3. Maritime Strategic Trends in the Asia-Pacific:Issues and Challenges III. National Maritime Doctrines and Capabilities ; 4. China's Naval Strategy and Transformation ; 5. Indian Navy: Keeping Pace with Emerging Challenges ; 6. Japan's National Maritime Doctrines and Capabilities
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7. Security in the Pacific Rim: Evolving US Strategies Doctrines and Forces for Maritime Cooperation and Regional Collective Action IV. Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defences: The Maritime Dimension in the Asia-Pacific
8. China's Nuclear Doctrine Its Strategic Naval Power and Anti-Missile Defence Initiatives 9. Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defences: The Maritime Dimension in the Asia-Pacific
10. Transforming Old Idealism into New Realism: A New Dimension in Japan's Strategy for Non-Proliferation and Counter-Proliferation and its Implications for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific 11. Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defenses in the Asia-Pacific: A Maritme Perspective
V. Conclusion
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