Edited by Joseph A. Camilleri, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, Larry Marshall, Associate Lecturer and Project Officer for Australian Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Michális S. Michael, Director, Centre for Dialogue-Global Reconciliation, Australia and Michael T. Seigel, Institute for Social Ethics, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan

'Geopolitical contestation in the Asia-Pacific will be one of the defining features of the wider international order in the twenty-first century. This well-conceived volume brings together a team of leading scholars from around the region to help us understand why and what it may mean. It could hardly be more timely or useful.'

• Contents:PrefaceIntroduction1. Hegemony and Human Security: Competing Principles of Regional OrderMichális S. Michael and Larry MarshallPART I: HEGEMONY AND EAST ASIA RELATIONS2. Hegemony, Perilous Empire and Human SecurityMustapha Kamal Pasha3. Still Anchoring an American Asia Pacific?Nick Bisley4. Containing China: A Flawed AgendaChandra MuzaffarPART II: JAPAN’S SECURITY DILEMMA5. Questioning the Rationale for Changing Japan’s Peace ConstitutionMichael T. Seigel6. Can Japan Create a Basis for its Internationality?Jiro Yamaguchi7. Beyond the Japanese Constitutional DilemmasYoshikazu SakamotoPART III: JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA: A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE FOR MIDDLE POWERS8. Japan, Australia and the UN Disarmament AgendaMichael Hamel-Green9. Japan, Australian and Niche Diplomacy in the South PacificAllan PatiencePART IV: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY10. The Role of the United Nations in the Twenty-first CenturyTetsuya Yamada11. Foreign Policy in Search of a Sustainable WorldShigeko FukaiConclusion12. Between Alliance and Regional Engagement: Current Realities and Future Possibilities Joseph A. CamilleriIndex

Edited by Joseph A. Camilleri, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, Larry Marshall, Associate Lecturer and Project Officer for Australian Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Michális S. Michael, Director, Centre for Dialogue-Global Reconciliation, Australia and Michael T. Seigel, Institute for Social Ethics, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan

'Geopolitical contestation in the Asia-Pacific will be one of the defining features of the wider international order in the twenty-first century. This well-conceived volume brings together a team of leading scholars from around the region to help us understand why and what it may mean. It could hardly be more timely or useful.'

• Contents:PrefaceIntroduction1. Hegemony and Human Security: Competing Principles of Regional OrderMichális S. Michael and Larry MarshallPART I: HEGEMONY AND EAST ASIA RELATIONS2. Hegemony, Perilous Empire and Human SecurityMustapha Kamal Pasha3. Still Anchoring an American Asia Pacific?Nick Bisley4. Containing China: A Flawed AgendaChandra MuzaffarPART II: JAPAN’S SECURITY DILEMMA5. Questioning the Rationale for Changing Japan’s Peace ConstitutionMichael T. Seigel6. Can Japan Create a Basis for its Internationality?Jiro Yamaguchi7. Beyond the Japanese Constitutional DilemmasYoshikazu SakamotoPART III: JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA: A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE FOR MIDDLE POWERS8. Japan, Australia and the UN Disarmament AgendaMichael Hamel-Green9. Japan, Australian and Niche Diplomacy in the South PacificAllan PatiencePART IV: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY10. The Role of the United Nations in the Twenty-first CenturyTetsuya Yamada11. Foreign Policy in Search of a Sustainable WorldShigeko FukaiConclusion12. Between Alliance and Regional Engagement: Current Realities and Future Possibilities Joseph A. CamilleriIndex