Leading experts present the latest research on the evolution of key issues in Asian security.

Preface; 1. Setting the context William T. Tow; Part I: 2. Grappling with an elusive concept Brian L. Job; 3. Asia-Pacific institutions Michael Wesley; 4. The United States: regional strategies and global commitments Michael Mastanduno; 5. A rising China and American perturbations Hugh White and Brendan Taylor; Part II: 6. Hegemony, hierarchy and order Evelyn Goh; 7. Democracy and security in East Asia William Case; 8. Security community-building in Asia-Pacific Sorpong Peou; 9. Human security and global governance Akiko Fukushima and William T. Tow; 10. The economics-security nexus in the Asia-Pacific region John Ravenhill; Part III: 11. Problematising 'linkages' between Southeast Asian and international terrorism Greg Fealy and Carlyle A. Thayer; 12. Nuclear weapons: Asian case studies and global ramifications Marianne Hanson and Rajesh Rajagopalan; 13. Maritime security: regional concerns and global implications Sam Bateman; 14. Thinking globally and acting regionally: securitising energy and environment Aynsley Kellow; 15. Regional health and global security: the Asian cradle of pandemic influenza Christian Enemark; Part IV: 16. The new transregional security politics of the Asia-Pacific Amitav Acharya.