Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1 Introduction: Conflict in the Asia-Pacific region in the post-Second World War 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 the dispute over the Spratly Islands: Taming a dragon in the South China Sea
6 Management of the Indo-Pakistan conflict: Siamese twins inflicting lethal blows on each other7 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
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. This book is of interest to students of international conflict management, Asian politics, security studies and IR in general
