Asian Perspectives on international security edtied by Donald Hugh Mcmillen

The 1980s continue to be a decade of heightened global tension between the superpowers, increased demands from the developing world for a new international political and economic order, and lingering problems of regional security and domestic development. The interplay of these trends in the Asian region will prove to be a significant factor in shaping indigenous perspectives on crucial regional and global issues. They will also raise important ques tions. Some of these are:

●What are the main, and variant, "Asian perspectives on international security? How do these arise and how are they reflected in the foreign and defence policies of each Asian state?

How does the 'superpower balance impinge upon the Asian reg as a whole, and on each Asian state in particular?

To what degree do the region and its individual states influence the 'super power balance and global politics generally?

●How will each Asian state shape its 'ideal' world or regional order, and what impact on this process will the nexus of national integration/nationalism and modern isation development have?

Of what importance are domestic con siderations in the perspectives and activities of these Asian actors on the world or regional stage?

Donald Hugh McMillen and the contri butors focus on these broad questions but look at each individual country's problems and concerns. There are chapters on South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Gulf and the Middle East, Afghanistan, Paki stan, India, China and the Soviet Union.