Asian security order : instrumental and normative features / edited by Muthiah Alagappa.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: predictability and stability despite challenges / Muthiah Alagappa -- The study of international order: an analytical framework / Muthiah Alagappa -- Constructing security order in Asia: conceptions and issues / Muthiah Alagappa -- Sovereignty: dominance of the Westphalian concept and implicationsfor regional security / Chung-in Moon and Chaesung Chun -- Incomplete hegemony:the United States and security order in Asia / Michael Mastanduno -- Balance-of-power politics: consequences for Asian security order / Avery Goldstein -- Regional institutions and Asian security order: norms, power, and prospects for peaceful change / Amitav Acharya -- Track 2 diplomacy: ideational contribution to the evolving Asian security order / Brian L. Job -- Economic interdependence and economic cooperation: mitigating conflict and transforming security order in Asia/ Ming Wan -- The UN system as a pathway to security in Asia: a buttress, not apillar / Rosemary Foot -- Acute conflicts in Asia after the Cold War: K