Global Geopolitical Change and the Asia Pacific : A Regional Perspective Book

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	Preface
	Introduction: The Geopolitical Context	1
1	Global Geopolitical Change and the Asia-Pacific Region: Definitions, Issues and Options	17
2	The Prospects for Regional Integration in Pacific Asia	32
3	Mutation of International Politico-Economic Structure and the Development of the Pacific Maritime Corridor in the East Asia Orbit	49
4	Future Directions in the Asia-Pacific: Economic and Political Community or Competitive Fragmentation?	76
5	Japan's Power in the Post-Cold War Era: From Economic to What Power?	85
6	Japan and the Global Environment: Leadership in Environmental Technology	93
7	Political Economy and Environmental Problems in Northeast Asia	113
8	Post-Soviet Russia in Search of a Policy in the Asia-Pacific	137
9	The Russian Far East on the Crossroads: National and International Geopolitical Challenges	152
10	The Strategic Position of China in the Asia-Pacific from a Geopolitical Viewpoint	165
11	Chinese Geopolitical Strategies for New Situations in the Asia-Pacific	170
12	The NICs and the Special Economic Zones of China: From Four to Five Asian Tigers	177
13	Growth Triangles, International Economic Integration and the Singapore-Indonesian Border Zone	185
14	Concepts of Economic Security in the Asia-Pacific: Conflict or Cooperation?	212
15	The Future of ASEAN: A Geopolitical Perspective	230
16	The Self-Excluded States: North Korea and Myanmar (Burma)	251
17	Towards a New Equilibrium: India, the Asia-Pacific and Global Geopolitical Change	260
18	Geopolitical Change in the Pacific Islands	282
19	Australia and the "New Regionalism" in the Asia-Pacific	301
	Conclusion: The 'New Geopolitics' in the Asia-Pacific Region	325
	Index	334