Abstract
A major concern of this chapter is to what extent we can find the ‘right fit’ for human-centric security approaches within the Asia-Pacific’s dominant state-centric security paradigm. Doing so is critical for realising the region’s stability. In the absence of such a ‘fit’, the peoples and states of the region are destined to remain mired within a narrow and highly neo-realist framework of unremitting regional crises and relentless state-centric competition. Such rivalries will intensify even while global security challenges are intensifying the imperative for regional states to diversify their security postures and readjust their strategic capabilities.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | New Approaches to Human Security in the Asia-Pacific: China, Japan and Australia |
| Editors | William T. Tow, David Walton and Rikki Kersten |
| Place of Publication | Farnham, Surrey |
| Publisher | Ashgate Publishing Ltd |
| Pages | 175-193 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781409456780 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |