Conflict Management and Dispute Settlement in East Asia

by Ramses Amer, Keyuan Zou

Overview

This volume studies the management settlement of conflict and disputes in East Asia. Drawing on expertise in Peace and Conflict, International Relations, and International Law it presents a general picture of how conflict can be managed at the international and regional levels through various mechanisms, in particular, through prominent regional organizations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409489344
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	03/28/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Ramses Amer, Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Research, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Oriental Languages, Stockholm University, Sweden, and Keyuan Zou, Harris Professor of International Law, Lancashire Law School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK

Table of Contents

Contents: Part I Introduction: Conflict management and dispute settlement in East Asia: a multidisciplinary approach, Ramses Amer and Zou Keyuan. Part II Framework of Conflict Management and Dispute Settlement: Conflict management in East Asia, Hari Singh; The conflict management framework of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Ramses Amer. Part III Conflict Management at the Regional Level: Conflict management in the Southern Philippines and its implications for regionalism, Johan Saravanamuttu; The role of external actors in managing peace processes in Asian region: an overview of attempts in Aceh, Mindanao and Sri Lanka, Malin Åkebo; Challenges and conflict management in the Korean peninsula: the 1968 Pueblo incident, Gabriel Jonsson; Korean denuclearisation: a test for China's cooperative security strategy, Jenny Clegg. Part IV Management of Maritime Conflict and Disputes: China and maritime boundary delimitation: past present and future, Zou Keyuan; Vietnam and maritime delimitation, Nguyen Hong Thao; Hainan's role in the management of the South China Sea issues: a case study of the Gulf of Tonkin, Kang Baiying and Li Jianwei; Index.

Editorial Reviews

'This book compiles some of the most important cases of conflict resolution in Southeast Asia. It also deals with a number of important cases involving maritime disputes and their resolution. The case studies that detail China’s and Vietnam’s preferences in maritime dispute resolution will be especially useful in determining likely trajectories and preferred outcomes.' N. Ganesan, Hiroshima Peace Institute, Japan 'Timely, multidisciplinary, and drawing on expertise from the region, this volume brings together many leading specialists on East Asian conflict, international relations, and international law, to examine conflict management and dispute settlement in this critical part of the world. Readers will be convinced of the value of - and need for - more robust, regularized, and peaceful dispute settlement processes in the region.' Bates Gill, Director, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden '... comprehensive and thoughtful... a useful and salient debate... In essence this volume is strong on a discussion of relevant security dynamics during and after the Cold War (with the Korean situation remaining a constant throughout), gives a good sense of ASEAN as a diplomatic community, and also highlights the role of third parties (and particularly third party NGOs) in helping facilitate discussion in instances of sub-state violence.' Contemporary Southeast Asia 'Ramses Amer and Keyuan Zou offer a collection of essays that brings much-needed interdisciplinarity to the subject of conflict management and dispute resolution in East Asia... Conflict management and dispute resolution in the increasingly integrated and globalized region of East Asia will no doubt remain an important issue for some time to come. Each of the essays in this volume is useful on its own to summarize existing knowledge and scholarship. Taken together, they present an insightful picture of the challenges of attempting to resolve local conflicts through international

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