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The long peace of East Asia

"The annual number of battle deaths from interstate and intra-state conflicts in East Asia has declined by 95% since 1979. During the past three decades, East Asia has been more peaceful than Europe, the Americas or any continent, in terms of battle deaths per capita. When generating theories o...

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Main Author: Kivimäki, Timo (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxon, UK Ashgate Publishing Routledge 2014
Series:Rethinking Asia and international relations
Subjects:
Conflict management > East Asia
Peace-building > East Asia
East Asia > Foreign relations
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Aim and Concepts
  • 2. Theoretical Premises of the Argument
  • 3. The Phenomenon to be Explained: The Long Peace of East Asia
  • 4. The Main Argument: The Contribution of the ASEAN/Chinese Way to the Long Peace of East Asia
  • 5. Developmentalism and the Prevention of the Onset of Conflicts
  • 6. Non-Intervention and the Prevention of the Escalation of Conflicts into Wars
  • 7. Face Saving and the Termination of Conflicts
  • 8. Generation of the Successful ASEAN/Chinese Approach
  • 9. Will The Long Peace Survive? How Could It Be Made Broader, Positive and More Sustainable?
  • 10. What Can The East Asian Experience Offer to Theories of International Relations, Peace and Conflicts?

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