Searching for Peace in Asia Pacific : : An Overview of Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding / / ed. by Annelies Heijmans, Hans van de Veen, Nicola Simmonds.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Aguswandi,,; Ball, Desmond,; Bamba, John,; Baviera, Aileen,; Bello, Waiden,; Bonay, Yohanis G.,; Böge, Volker,; Cagoco-Guiam, Rufa,; Capie, David,; Caple, Jane,; Cheng, Yu-shek,; Claro Casambre, Rey,; Clements, Kevin P.,; Crouch, Harold,; Da Costa, Helder,; Daehoon Lee, Francis,; Garasu, Lorraine,; Garcia, Ed,; Gladney, Dru C.,; Graham, Kennedy,; Heijmans, Annelies,; Kramer, Tom,; Lee, Chyungly,; Li, Rex,; Madellan, Nic,; McGrory, Jane,; Ngok, K. L.,; Plai Ngarm, Soth,; Pollard, Bob,; Prasad, Satendra,; Reilly, Benjamin,; Rizal Panggabean, Samsu,; Simmonds, Nicola,; Snell, Darryn,; Suto, Nobuhiko,; Tang, James,; Veen, Hans van de,; Wake, Jim,; Wale, Matthew,; Wright-Neville, David,; Zhao, Suisheng,
• HerausgeberIn: Heijmans, Annelies,; Simmonds, Nicola,; van de Veen, Hans,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (848 p.)

Third in an acclaimed series, Searching for Peace in Asia Pacific offers critical background information, up-to-date surveys of the conflicts in the region, and a directory of some 400 referral organizations working in the field of conflict prevention and peacebuilding. The authors provide detailed,...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I Reflections
• 1 Conflict Through Asia and the Pacific: Causes and Trends
• 2 Empowering People to Build a Just Peace in the Asian Arena
• 3 Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific: Official and Unofficial Responses
• 4 East Asia and the "War on Terror": Why Human Rights Matter
• 5 Globalization, Insecurity, and Overextension
• 6 Transition and Conflict in Asia Pacific: The Role of the International Community in the Democratization Process
• 7 Lessons Learned from Peacebuilding Practices in Asia Pacific
• Part 2 Surveys of Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Activities
• 8 Northeast Asia
• 8.1 Regional Introduction: The Changing Regional Security Agenda in Post-September 11 Northeast Asia
• 8.2 Regional Introduction: Japan—Accepting the Challenges of Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
• 8.3 China
• 8.4 Korea: Perilous Crossing and New Dangers
• Southeast Asia
• 9.1 Regional Introduction: Missing the Target? The Human Cost of Small Arms Proliferation and Misuse in Southeast Asia
• 9.2 Burma/Myanmar: Military Rule and Ethnic Conflict
• 9.3 Cambodia: Peacebuilding amid Unresolved Issues
• 9.4 East Timor: The Role of Civil Society in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
• 9.5 Indonesia
• 9.6 The Philippines
• 9.7 South China Sea: Managing Territorial and Resource Disputes
• 10 Pacific Islands
• 10.1 Regional Introduction: Creating Peace in the Pacific— Conflict Resolution, Reconciliation, and Restorative Justice
• 10.2 Fiji: Enabling Civic Capacities for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding,
• 10.3 Papua New Guinea: A Success Story of Postconflict Peacebuilding in Bougainville
• 10.4 The Solomon Islands: Conflict and Peacebuilding
• Part 3 Directory
• Selected Bibliography
• Subject Index
• Index of Organizations
• About the Searching for Peace Program
• About the Book