The balance of power in Asia-Pacific security : US-China policies on regional order / Liselotte Odgaard.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-264) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Powers, balances of power and coexistence : the views of the first generation of the English school -- 3. Sino-US policies on the use of force in the Asia-Pacific -- 4. Sino-US policies on legitimacy in the Asia-Pacific -- 5. Sino-US policies on institutions in the Asia-Pacific -- 6. Sino-US policies on Asia-Pacific order in the twenty-first century.

"The Balance of Power in Asia-Pacific Security presents an analysis of the post-Cold War dynamics of power balancing between the United States and China, and the role great powers and middle powers such as ASEAN, Russia, South Korea, Japan, India and Australia play in this process. It makes a persuasive contribution to the on-going debate on the US-China relationship by showing how divergent US-China policies in key areas such as anti-terror and anti-WMD initiatives, democracy and human rights, the US alliance system and the UN system contribute to unstable patterns of power balancing in the Asia-Pacific.

The book looks in detail at Southeast, Central, Northeast and South Asia as the main arenas for US-China competition for influence on the regional security architecture."--BOOK JACKET.