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Volume 14, Number 1, February 2002
Contributors
Internal Conflict and Regional Security in Asia and the Pacific by Benjamin Reilly
This paper examines the impact of increasing intra-state conflict in the Asia Pacific on domestic, regional and international security. It focuses on secessionist conflicts and self-determination disputes in South-East Asia and the South Pacific. It looks at the reasons behind the increase in such internal conflicts, including the proliferation of weak, ethnically diverse states; the impacts of modernization and democratization; and changing international norms in relation to the creation of new states. Finally, it examines the way that intra-state conflict impacts upon the international security agenda via the involvement of distant actors; the internationalization of domestic disputes; cross-border movements of arms and people; increasing threats to maritime transport; and the potential for increased superpower competition in the region.
How Tokyo's Security Policies Discount Japanese Public Opinion: Toward an Alternative Security Agenda by Anthony Difilippo
This paper examines many Japanese public opinion surveys conducted mainly during the 1990s that have generally dealt with security issues. While some evidence does indicate that the Japanese public has come to accept the US-Japan security treaty, there is also empirical data showing that there is substantial uncertainty about the bilateral alliance. Survey data also reveal a few other important findings, including a continuing affinity among the Japanese people to the renunciation of war and a strong commitment to the United Nations. Survey data show that the Japanese people believe that it is through the United Nations that their country can best contribute to international peace and security. This paper concludes by arguing that Japanese public opinion surveys suggest that there is an alternative to the bilateral security arrangement for Japan. By assuming a leading role in strengthening the United Nations, Japan can help to establish an effective international security system and, at the same time, move away from its dependence on the United States.
Means and Ends in the Struggle against Global Terrorism by Richard Falk
Global Terrorism: Searching for Appropriate Responses by Majid Tehranian
Book Reviews