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China, India & Asia are currently gaining economic & political power in the world, causing many analysts to speculate how this will affect international relations, the global distribution of power, & human security. Concepts in international relations have generally been dominated by Western countries' "Westphalian" principles. This article suggests that the rise of Asia will bring a new set of alternative "Eastphalian" ideas to the table, which would reinvigorate the sovereignty of states & non-intervention in the domestic affairs of other countries, as the 1648 treaty of Wesphalia outlined. This "Eastphalian" trend is in direct opposition to the hegemonic liberal transnational governance that emphasizes borderless application of principles such as capitalism, democracy, & human rights. Unless managed appropriately, this emphasis on sovereignty & non-intervention could make management of global problems such as climate change & environmental degradation more difficult than they already are. Additionally, Westphalian principles in their initial iteration led to large scale conflict & economic imperialism, so the "Eastphalian" block will have to modify those principles in order to maintain security in an increasingly multipolar world. Adapted from the source document.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Profit and Honor -- Reclaiming the Far East -- The Asian Governance Model -- 2 State and Society -- The State of Pardons -- Refined Oriental Despotism -- Money, Colonialism, War, and Water -- The Legitimacy Premium -- Hegel and Asian Values -- Integrative Nationalism -- 3 Development -- The Spinning Kingdom -- An Inputs Miracle -- Growth Alliances and Regimes -- The Rational State -- Contentious Development Politics -- Recovering from Failures -- 4 Democracy -- New Orders in Old Bottles -- Oriental Democracy -- Markets and Modernization -- Responsive Transitions -- Consolidation without Kings -- The Rights of the Majority -- The House of Aspirations -- Rethinking the Lee Hypothesis -- The China Wave -- 5 Governance -- Shepherds of the People -- Macho Meritocracy -- CEO Government -- The Tokyo Consensus -- Judge Pao and the Dual State -- Harmonious Networks -- 6 Public Policy -- Big, Fast Results -- Productivist Welfare -- The Giri of Public Works -- Knowledge for Nature -- Toward Eastphalia? -- Notes -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. State and Society -- 3. Development -- 4. Democracy -- 5. Governance -- 6. Public Policy -- Index.

This book reviews the global dilemma and tensions over whether to intervene or not to intervene in severe civil conflicts which test the validity of the new doctrine of Responsibility to Protect or R2P. It particularly assesses R2P's relevance for Asia, which is defined broadly in this book to include West Asia or the Middle East and the region's emergence as the most severe threat to international order in the form of the Arab Uprisings. While East Asia and South Asia have their share of situations that warrant R2P-justified interventions, it is the conflicts in West Asia that have severely tested the viability of R2P. Has this new norm been effective as a tool for international law and diplomacy? Are there prospects for a tweaking or repositioning of R2P as advocated by some scholars and governments to make the concept more acceptable to the global community, including Southeast Asia? Has the Westphalian doctrine of state sovereignty and non-intervention become superfluous as a result of the rise of R2P? Will a new doctrine of 'Eastphalia' or 'non-intervention with East Asian characteristics' emerge in its place, led by China as well as like-minded Asian and other states?