Abstract

Part 1 East Asian security after the Cold War: ripe for rivalry - prospects for peace in a multipolar Asia wealth, power and instability - East Asia and the United States after the Cold War arms and affluence - military acquisitions in the Asia-Pacific region. Part 2 The implications of the rise of China: hegemon on the horizon? China's threat to East Asian security China's illusory threat to the South China Sea East Asia and the constrainment of China China's new old thinking - the concept of limited deterrence Chinese perspectives on nuclear arms control. Part 3 The future of Japan's security role: Japan's national security - structures, norms and policies from sword to chrysanthemum - Japan's culture of anti-militarism the glorification of war in Japanese education.

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