North-East Asia: common security or à la carte?

Abstract

Gerald Segal surveys the regional balances of power and interest in North-East Asia and sees it as a zone with no shared security interests and old hostilities intact-a zone in search of a regional identity. How to construct this? He reports on a recent Canadian initiative, but also, in case a common security approach is unsuccessful, outlines the possibilities for a more flexible, a la carte approach to the highest-risk security issues.