UID:
almahu_9949385398102882
Format:
1 online resource (233 pages).
ISBN:
9781000536270
,
1000536270
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9781003255994
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100325599X
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100053622X
,
9781000536225
Series Statement:
Adelphi series ; 478-480
Content:
Intensifying geopolitical rivalries, rising defence spending and the proliferation of the latest military technology across Asia suggest that the region is set for a prolonged period of strategic contestation. None of the three competing visions for the future of Asian order - a US-led Free and Open Indo-Pacific', a Chinese-centred order, or the ASEAN-inspired Indo-Pacific Outlook' - is likely to prevail in the short to medium term. In the absence of a new framework, the risk of open conflict is heightened, and along with it the need for effective mechanisms to maintain peace and stability. As Asia's leaders seek to rebuild their economies and societies in the wake of COVID-19, they would do well to reflect upon the lessons offered by the pandemic and their applicability in the strategic realm. The societies that have navigated the crisis most effectively have been able to do so by putting in place stringent protective measures. Crisis-management and -avoidance mechanisms - and even, in the longer term, wider arms control - can be seen as the strategic equivalent of such measures, and as such they should be pursued with urgency in Asia to reduce the risks of an even greater calamity.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Asia's new geopolitics Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge for the IISS ; September 2021. ISBN 9781032187365
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003255994
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003255994
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