Suchergebnisse

Chapter 1: Introduction: Contextualising China -- Chapter 2: Examining China's History: Bringing the Past to the Future -- Chapter 3: The Multidimensional Elements of Chinese Power: An Assessment -- Chapter 4: Evaluating the China Threat: Between Perceived and Real -- Chapter 5: Regional Perceptions towards China: Safeguarding Interests -- Chapter 6: Conclusion: Balancing between Domestic and International Imperatives.

In 1995 the United Nations commemorated its 50th anniversary at a time when the prestige and credibility of this organisation is at its nadir, because of its seemingly lacksidasical attitude over Somalia, Bosnia, and Rwanda. The UN was virtually paralysed by these conflicts, revealing among other things, its structural inadequacies. This is a far cry from the widespread sanguine assessment on the UN voiced just before the end of Cold War and immediately after it. (Mil Technol/SWP)

Ever since the ASEAN was formed in 1967, questions of security have become an ever increasing issue, despite rhetoric to the contrary. ASEAN was set up primarily to promote co-operation among members in the socio-economic field. However, ASEAN leaders, then and now, have been tacitly preoccupied with security issues. The authors outline and analyse bilaterial and multilateral security co-operation between and among some ASEAN states. Comparison between ASEAN and Vietnamese armed forces. (DÜI-Sen)

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