TY - BOOK ID - 7183909 TI - Southeast Asia and the rise of China : the search for security. PY - 2011 VL - 8 SN - 9780415838351 9780415326216 0415326214 0415838355 9780203816554 9781136722974 9781136722929 9781136722967 PB - London Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Security, International KW - China KW - Southeast Asia KW - Relations KW - S09/0412 KW - China: Foreign relations and world politics--China and South-East Asia (incl. Vietnamese war) KW - International relations. Foreign policy KW - Collective security KW - International security KW - International relations KW - Disarmament KW - International organization KW - Peace KW - Security, International - Southeast Asia KW - China - Relations - Southeast Asia KW - Southeast Asia - Relations - China UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7183909 AB - Since the early 1990s and the end of the Cold War, the implications of China's rising power have come to dominate the security agenda of the Asia-Pacific region. Although China's prioritization of economic development has created many valuable trade and investment opportunities, and encouraged China's gradual integration into the international community, economic growth is enabling China to modernize its armed forces, which, if present trends continue, will soon be among the largest and most powerful in the region. How China will flex its increased political, economic and military might is a key question for all China's neighbors. This book examines ASEAN-Chinese relations over recent years, showing how worries about China's developing role have been a significant factor in shaping the nature of ASEAN and its policies. The book includes a discussion of economic relations between China and the different ASEAN countries, an examination of how external powers have influenced the regional security environment, and an assessment of how China-ASEAN relations might develop over the next few decades against a backdrop of rising Sino-US competition. ER -