The Routledge Handbook of Asian Security Studies

CONTENTS
Notes on contributors
Introduction
PART I Northeast Asia
	1 Whither China’s 21st century trajectory?
	2 Sino-Japanese rivalry and its consequences for Asia
	3 North Korea’s nuclear weaponization program: background, context, and trends for the future
	4 False alarm: Xinjiang and China’s national security
	5 Origins, intentions, and security implications of Xi Jinping’s belt and road initiative
	6 The dynamics of Russo-Chinese relations
	7 Taiwan’s traditional security challenges as a contested state
	8 China’s maritime ambitions
PART II South Asia
	9 The evolution of India’s nuclear weapons program
	10 Pakistan’s nuclear program: laying the groundwork for impunity
	11 Insurgency and counterinsurgency in South Asia
	12 India and Pakistan: persistent rivalry
	13 China and India: the evolution of a compound rivalry
	14 Civil-military relations in South Asia
	15 Human security in India
	16 India and its great power aspirations
PART III Southeast Asia
	17 ASEAN centrality tested
	18 Genealogy of conflict: the roots, evolution, and trajectory of the South China Sea disputes
	19 Indonesia as a regional power: a pan-Indo-Pacific worldview
	20 Terrorism and counterterrorism in Indonesia
	21 United States’ pivot and Southeast Asia
	22 Democratization in Southeast Asia: social, institutional and security considerations
	23 Assessing peace processes in Southeast Asia
	24 Foreign policy and political changes in post-junta Myanmar
PART IV Cross-regional issues
	25 The future of great power rivalry in the Indian Ocean
	26 Asian regionalism
	27 Anatomy of a rivalry: China and Japan in Southeast Asia
	28 The future of alliances in Asia
	29 The United States and Asia: following through on the pivot
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