Zones of Amity, Zones of Enmity: The Prospects for Economic and Military Security in Asia

This volume addresses the problem of military and economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific, particularly the impact of the end of the Cold War, on the evolution of its four regional subsystems (Australasia, Southern Asia, Southeast Asia, and Northeast Asia), the level of institutionalization in its economic and military dimensions, and the tendency towards regional amity or regional enmity. It investigates the regional institutions of military and economic security organizing the interstate relations of the Asia-Pacific; assesses the military and economic ambitions of China, Japan, and the United States; and suggests that the ’clash of civilizations’ thesis is of limited use in understanding the dynamics of interstate relations in this centrally important area of the world.

Contributors are Shigekio N. Fukai, Haruhiro Fukui, Norman A. Graham, Steven A. Hoffmann, Jim Rolfe, Sheldon Simon, James Sperling, and Robert M. Uriu.

James Sperling is Professor of Political Science at the University of Akron. He has published Recasting the European Order: Security Architectures and Economic Cooperation (Manchester University Press, 1997) and has published articles in Review of International Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, West European Politics, and Arms Control

Yogendra Malik is Professor of Political Science at the University of Akron. He has published The Government and Politics of South Asia, 3rd edition (1984); Hindu Nationalists in India (1994); Political Mercenaries and Citizen Soldiers (1992); and The Profile of North Indian Party Activists (1990).

David Louscher is Professor of Political Science at the University of Akron. He has published The Reluctant Suppliers: US Decision Making for Arms Sales (1983); and co-edited Marketing Security Assistance: New Perspectives on Arms Sales (1987) and Civil and Military Interaction in Asia and Africa (1991).