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"The rise of China is changing the strategic landscape globally and regionally. How states respond to potential threats posed by this new power arrangement will be crucial to international relations for the coming decades. This book builds on existing realist and rationalist concepts of balancing, bandwagoning, commitment problems, and asymmetric information to craft explanations about how states respond when faced with potential threats. Specifically, the book explores the role different types of uncertainty play in potential balancing situations. Particular focus is paid to the nature of the rising state's actions, the balance of forces, and the value of delay"

"In this third edition of Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia, Amitav Acharya offers a comprehensive and critical account of the evolution of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) norms and the viability of the ASEAN way of conflict management. Building on the framework from the first edition, which inspired the establishment the ASEAN Political-Security community, this new edition has been extensively updated and revised based on new primary sources that are not publicly available.Updates for this edition include:Expanded and updated coverage of the South China Sea Conflict and how it affects regional order and tests ASEAN unityAnalysis of new developments in US role in the region, including ASEAN's place and role in the US pivot/​rebalancing strategy and the evolution of the East Asian Community, the newest summit level multilateral groupExtensive analysis of the ASEAN Political-Security communityAn examination of US-China relations and China-ASEAN relationsCoverage of ASEAN's institutional development and the controversy over reform of the ASEAN Secretariat.An updated outlook on ASEAN's future as a security community and the issue of ASEAN Centrality in the regional security architecture. The new edition will continue to appeal to students and scholars of Asian security, international relations theory and Southeast Asian studies as well as policymakers and the media"

"Southeast Asia and Bangladesh are at present global hot spots of pirate attacks on merchant vessels and fishing boats. This book explains why, and in what form, piracy still exists. It offers an integrated analysis of the root causes of piracy, linking declining fish stocks, organized crime networks, radical politically motivated groups, the use of flags of convenience, the lack of state control over national territory, and the activities of private security companies, and identifies their wider security implications."