Order and Security in Southeast Asia: Essays in Memory of Michael Leifer

ISBN-13: 9780415363662 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 272 str.

Joseph Chin Yong Liow; Ralf Emmers

Opis

Michael Leifer, who died in 2001, was one of the leading scholars of Southeast Asian international relations. He was hugely influential through his extensive writings and his contacts with people in government and business in the region.

In this book, many of Leifer 's students, colleagues and friends come together to explore the key themes of his work on Southeast Asia, including the notion of order, security, maritime law and foreign policy. The book concludes with an overall assessment of Leifer 's background, worldview and impact on his field.

A scholarly and personal volume devoted to Leifer's vast contributions to the discipline of international relations, this text is a must-read for students and scholars specializing in the region.

Spis treści

Foreword  Preface  Introduction  1. Regional Order, Balance of Power, and the English School  2. Shocks of Recognition: Leifer, Realism, and Regionalism in Southeast Asia  3. Michael Leifer and the Pre-requisites of Regional Order in Southeast Asia  4. Michael Leifer, the Balance of Power, and International Relations Theory  5. Untying Leifer’s Discourse on Order and Power  6. Institutions and Multilateralism  7. Do Norms and Identity Matter? Community and Power in Southeast Asia’s Regional Order  8. Realism and Regionalism in Southeast Asia: The ARF and the War on Terror  9. Nationalism and Multilateralism in Chinese Foreign Policy: Implications for Southeast Asia  10. Maritime Security  11. Michael Leifer and the Security of Southeast Asia’s Maritime Thoroughfares  12. Foreign and Security Policy-Making  13. Singapore’s Strategic Outlook and Defence Policy  14. Michael Leifer on Cambodia and the Third Indochina Conflict  15. Domestic Security Priorities, "Balance of Interests" and Indonesia’s Management of Regional Order  16. Michael Leifer’s Reflections on the Foreign Policy of Singapore  17. The Domestic Sources of Regional Order in Michael Leifer’s Analysis of Southeast Asia  18. Leifer and the Study of Southeast Asia  19. Michael Leifer’s Contribution to Southeast Asian Studies

O autorze

Joseph Chinyong Liow is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests include Muslim politics and international politics of the Southeast Asian region, and his publications include Politics of Indonesia-Malaysia Relations; One Kin, Two Nations (RoutledgeCurzon, 2004),
Ralf Emmers is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests lie in security studies, international institutions in the Asia-Pacific and the international relations of Southeast Asia. He is the author of Cooperative Security and the Balance of Power in ASEAN and the ARF (RoutledgeCurzon, 2003).