Beschreibung:
This book analyses four major long-standing and intractable conflicts in the Asia-Pacific region (the Korean Peninsula; the Taiwan Strait; the South China Sea (Spratly Islands); and India-Pakistan), and aims to identify the mechanisms used to manage these conflicts.
1. Introduction: Conflicts in the Asia-Pacific Region in the Post-World War II Period 2. Conflict Management and its Application to Conflicts in the Asia-Pacific Region 3. Management of Conflict on the Korean Peninsula: From Confrontation to Sustaining a Failing State 4. Management of the Rivalry across the Taiwan Strait: Addressing the Transformation from Ideological Rivalry to Ethnic Conflict 5. Management of Dispute over the Spratly Islands: Taming a Dragon in the South China Sea 6. Management of the Indo-Pakistani Conflict: Siamese Twins Inflicting Lethal Blows on Each Other 7. Conclusion Bibliography