An authoritative and accessible introduction to security and defence issues in the Asia-Pacific region.

Robert Ayson is Senior Fellow and Desmond Ball is Special Professor at the Australian National University's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre.

Part One: Strategy and Security Today
1. Studying Strategy Today (Hugh White)
2. Concepts for Strategy and Security (Robert Ayson)
3. The International System and Changing Strategic Norms (Coral Bell)
4. Contemporary Military Operations (Michael Evans)
5. Defence Transformation (David Connery and Alan Stephens)
6. Terrorism (Clive Williams)
7. Weapons of Mass Destruction? (Christian Enemark)
8. Transnational Security (Alan Dupont)
9. Human Security and Intervention (Ramesh Thakur)
10. Economics and Security (Brendan Taylor and Bruce Luckham)
11. Critical Approaches to Security and Strategy (Anthony Burke)
Part Two: Asia-Pacific Strategic and Security Issues
12. America and the Asia-Pacific Region (Paul Dibb)
13. Northeast Asian Security Challenges (Ron Huisken)
14. Southeast Asian Security Challenges (David Wright-Neville)
15. South Asian Security Challenges (Sandy Gordon