Publisher's Synopsis
The end of the Cold War in the Asian-Pacific region means that defence planners confront a regional security future in which uncertainty is now the major security concern. With the end of the East-West military confrontation, the often facile assumptions of more than 40 years of bi-polar security thinking can no longer guide policy.;This book presents an analysis of the potential impact of the end of the Cold War on security in the Asian-Pacific region. Successive chapters examine the impact of the end of the Cold War on alliance systems, regional conflicts and the security policies of emergent powers like Japan, Korea and China. The security prospects for ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand in the new post-Cold War climate are also examined.