From Dumbbells to Olives: A Study on the Security Cooperation Model in the Asia-Pacific: A Study on the Security Cooperation Model in the Asia-Pacific

Author: Su Hao
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: After reading this book, you will discover that the author is engaged in pioneering research. He begins by analyzing different security perspectives in the Asia-Pacific region and delves into the security structure, historical origins of cooperative security, and various forms and levels of security cooperation mechanisms in the region. His book is comprehensive, well-documented, focused, logically rigorous, and thoroughly argued, both systematic and innovative, filling the void in this research field in China. Since the end of the Cold War, the security situation in the Asia-Pacific region has remained relatively stable and generally peaceful. There have been no large-scale localized conflicts or wars here, and all relevant countries have been focusing on economic development. This state of affairs in the Asia-Pacific region has been hard-won, so all countries are making every effort to maintain it and vigorously promote its development. However, the Asia-Pacific region is a microcosm of the world, where all the contradictions and issues of the world are reflected here. There are both old grievances and new hatreds; there are political and ideological divisions, as well as conflicts between different social systems.