Security & Arms Control in the North Pacific

A. Mack, P. Keal, A. Mack, P. Keal

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781032527147
• eBook ISBN: 9781000908305
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

First published in 1988, Security & Arms Control in the North Pacific is the first book to focus on the question of North Pacific arms control. Some chapters examine the problems and prospects for arms control in particular states – the USA, erstwhile USSR, China, Japan, the two Koreas, and Canada; others focus on particular issues- the nuclear infrastructure, controlling the arms trade, confidence building, and naval arms control. A unifying theme of this collection is the tension between military and non-military approaches to security, between threat and reassurance and between deterrence and confidence building. This comprehensive book is a must read for scholars and researchers of security studies, defence studies, international politics, and diplomacy.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Contributors
• Preface
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• 1 Security and arms control in the North Pacific
• 2 The global context of North Pacific security
• 3 The United States and the North Pacific
• 4 Gorbachev’s reassessment of Soviet security needs: Implications for North-East Asia
• 5 Power and plenty in North-East Asia: The sources of US policy and contemporary conflict
• 6 China’s security policy
• 7 Security issues on the Korean peninsula
• 8 Japan’s security policy and arms control
• 9 Canadian maritime defence and arms control objectives in the North Pacific region
• 10 Soviet, Chinese and US perspectives on arms control in North-East Asia
• 11 Arms control and the ‘nuclear infrastructure’
• 12 Confidence-building in the North Pacific: A pragmatic approach to naval arms control
• 13 The conventional arms trade: Prospects for control
• 14 Conclusion: Problems and prospects for arms control in the North Pacific
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index