Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
2013
(338 p.).
St Antony' Series.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: International Cooperation under Order Transition; Part I: Explaining Cooperation --;Disciplinary Perspectives; 1 Effective Multilateralism and Global Order; 2 The Regionalization of Security: A Comparative Analysis; 3 China's Approach to Multilateralism in East Asia; 4 Effective Multilateralism: A US Perspective; 5 Japan and Regional Multilateralism in Asia: The Case of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue as a New Institutional Choice. 6 Thinking in Time: War Memories, Post-War Reconciliation and Regional Cooperation in Europe and Asia7 Effective Multilateralism and Sino-Japanese Reconciliation; 8 Hierarchy and Great Power Cooperation in the East Asian Security Order; 9 Formalizing Informal Cooperation?; Part II: Case Studies; 10 Selective or Effective Multilateralism? The Bush Administration's Proliferation Security Initiative and China's Response; 11 The Mismanagement of Global Imbalances: Why Did Multilateralism Fail?; 12 Responding to Climate Change in the Region: New Partnerships and Chinese Leadership. 13 Global Promulgation --;Regional Implementation?: The Responsibility to Protect in East AsiaBibliography; Index.
Existing theories of cooperation assume a stable geo-political order, led by countries with a shared conception of the modalities of cooperation. These assumptions are no longer justified. Effective Multilateralism makes the case for a new approach to explaining international cooperation through the lens of East Asian.