Strategic Currents : : Issues in Human Security in Asia / / ed. by Yang Razali Kassim.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Acharya, Arabinda,; Ali, Mushahid,; Astuti, Fatima,; Basrur, Rajesh,; Bateman, Sam,; Beckman, Robert,; Caballero-Anthony, Mely,; Chan, Samuel,; Chew, Alvin,; Chong, Alan,; Chowdhury, Iftekhar Ahmed,; Clarke, Ryan,; Collin, Koh Swee Lean,; Desker, Barry,; Durodié, Bill,; Fang, Yang,; Frécon, Eric,; Guan, Kwa Chong,; Gunaratna, Rohan,; Hangzo, P. K.,; Ho, Joshua,; Hongzhou, Zhang,; Jamil, Sofiah,; Ji, You,; Kassim, Yang Razali,; Laksmana, Evan A.,; Ling, Chan Wen,; Liow, Joseph Chinyong,; Mathur, Arpita,; Mehta, Akanksha,; Mingjiang, Li,; Mohan, C. Raja,; Mostarom, Tuty Raihanah,; Nishtar, Sania,; Noor, Farish A.,; Park, Jenna,; Paul, Joshy M.,; Putra, Nur Azha,; Ramakrishna, Kumar,; Rana, Pradumna B.,; Saddiq, Mohamed Abdul,; Sawhney, Ashok,; Seng, Tan See,; Sieh, Kerry,; Suyin, Yeap,; Tapponnier, Paul,; Teng, Paul P. S.,; Tuang, Nah Liang,; Wanto, Adri,; Yasin, Nur Azlin Mohamed,; Yee, Choong Pui,
• HerausgeberIn: Razali Kassim, Yang,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)

This volume focuses on the theme of Human Security - a phenomenon increasingly in the news in Asia. The issues revolve around the security of the individual as opposed to the security of the state. They encompass some of the latest developments affecting or having implications for the well-being of the Asian individual since January 2010. Among them are Japan's triple calamity; Wikileaks; the Arab uprisings; and the death of Osama bin Laden. Issues discussed range from climate change and natural disasters; energy security; health, food, and water security to issues of internal challenges such as governance, politics and identity. The role of diplomacy in non-traditional security, as the larger conceptual framework within which human security resides, is also covered. This is the third volume of Strategic Currents, which publishes essays and commentaries first written for RSIS Commentaries by scholars, academics and associates of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter I. Climate Change and Natural Disasters -- Japan’s Mega Disaster: Managing Vulnerabilities -- Catastrophe in Haiti. A Repeat Lesson for Asia -- The Haiti Earthquake: Protecting Small States -- From Aceh to Chile: Is ASEAN Prepared for Another Disaster? -- Urban Search and Rescue: Boosting Intra-ASEAN Self-Help -- Australia and Climate Change: The Changing Weather in Climate Politics -- Pakistan’s Flood Disaster: An Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis -- The Indonesian Military and Disaster Relief: Potential Pitfalls and Challenges -- CHAPTER II. Energy Security -- Japan Disaster. Nuclear Power after Fukushima -- Japan Disaster End of the Nuclear Industry? -- Japan and India. Towards Nuclear and Security Cooperation -- Nuclear Energy in Southeast Asia. Will it Enhance Human Security? -- Nuclear Energy in Southeast Asia. Competition or Cooperation? -- Japan-China. Spat Over Nuclear Arsenal? -- Environmental Issues. Challenges or Opportunities for Indonesia? -- The Yeonpyeong Attack. Shooting Down Denuclearisation -- Yeonpyeong. Tough Test for China’s North Korea Policy -- A Second Nuclear Age in Asia? -- CHAPTER III. Health, Food and Water Security -- Tunisia’s Revolt and Food Insecurity What it Means for Southeast Asia -- Global Food Price Spiral. Causes and Consequences -- Food Shortages. Urban Food Security in an Age of Constraints -- Arsenic Poisoning of Water in Bangladesh -- Infectious Disease. Outbreaks Crafting a Response -- China and Global Food Security. Conflicting Notions -- Water Insecurity in the Himalayas. Emerging Tensions and Lessons for ASEAN -- Pulp Friction. Southern Environment or Western Agenda? -- Water Disputes in South Asia -- CHAPTER IV. Governance, Politics and Identity -- After the Facebook Revolution: Whither Egypt? -- Post-Mubarak Egypt: Is Indonesia the Model? -- Libya and the United Nations: Whose Responsibility to Protect? -- Responsibility to Protect. How should Southeast Asia Respond? -- Our Road Out of Afghanistan -- Religion and Identity in Malaysia -- When Islamists Play by the Rules Yet Change the Game -- Countering India’s Maoist Insurgency. The Need for Strategy, not Operations -- More than a Cake Party: Evolving Protest in Malaysia -- Indonesian Islam: What Went Right -- CHAPTER V. Terrorism, Cyber Security and Cyberspace -- After Osama bin Laden: Will Al Qaeda Survive? -- Diplomatic Confidentiality: The Real Lesson of Wikileaks -- The MSK Family Affair: Is Blood Thicker than Water? -- Chink in Jakarta’s Armour. Tightening Counter-Terrorist Financing -- Whither e-Jihad: Evaluating the Threat of Internet Radicalisation -- Self-Radicalisation and the Awlaki Connection -- Cyber War in the 21st Century: The Emerging Security Challenge -- Countering Internet Radicalisation: The Need for a Holistic Approach -- The Internet and Women: Avenue for Female Jihadists -- The SAF in Cyberspace: The Image of Defence and the Internet -- CHAPTER VI. Maritime Security and Piracy -- Somalia Two Years On: Making the Anti-Piracy Drive More Effective -- Fighting Piracy: Another First for the SAF -- Killing Pirates: Dilemma of Counter-Piracy -- The Malacca Strait: Will It Remain Safe? -- The Bay of Bengal: A New Sea of Troubles? -- The South China Sea: Worsening Dispute or Growing Clarity in Claims? -- The South China Sea: When the Elephants Dance -- The South China Sea: Problems and Progress in China’s Position -- The South China Sea: Emerging China-Taiwan Cooperation -- Piracy in the South China Sea: Lessons from the Gulf of Aden -- CHAPTER VII. Diplomacy and Non- Traditional Security -- The G20 Summit: How Asia Can Strengthen Its Voice -- The G20: Should Europe Give Way to Asia? -- The ASEAN Regional Forum at 17: The Curse of Ad Hoc-ism? -- Embracing Myanmar: India’s Foreign Policy Realism -- The Singapore Global Dialogue: Heated Start to Strategic Debates -- Indonesia-Malaysia Relations: Baggage of Blood Brotherhood -- Railway Land Swap: New Light on an Old Issue -- Is Indonesia Outgrowing ASEAN? -- East Asian Security: The United States Wants a Bigger Indian Role -- ADMM Plus Defence Cooperation: Rise of a New Player -- ADMM Plus. New Twist to Old Security Issues -- The East Asia Summit 2010: Big Step Forward, or Business-as-Usual? -- Indonesia, the U.S. and Australia: New Age, New Issues -- Our Contributors