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1 online resource (x, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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"As an academic field in its own right, the topic of border studies is experiencing a revival in university geography courses as well as in wider political commentary. Until recently, border studies in contemporary Southeast Asia appeared as an afterthought at best to the politics of interstate rivalry and national consolidation. The maps set out all agreed postcolonial lines. Meanwhile, the physical demarcation of these boundaries lagged. Large slices of territory, on land and at sea, eluded definition or delineation. That comforting ambiguity has disappeared. Both evolving technologies and price levels enable rapid resource extraction in places, and in volumes, once scarcely imaginable. The beginning of the 21st century's second decade is witnessing an intensifying diplomacy, both state-to-state and commercial, over offshore petroleum. In particular, the South China Sea has moved from being a rather arcane area of conflict studies to the status of a bellwether issue. Along with other contested areas in the western Pacific and south Asia, the problem increasingly defines China's regional relationships in Asia--and with powers outside the region, especially the United States. Yet intraregional territorial differences also hobble multilateral diplomacy to counter Chinese claims, and daily management of borders remains burdened by a lot of retrospective baggage. The contributors to this book emphasize this mix of heritage and history as the primary leitmotif for contemporary border rivalries and dynamics. Whether the region's 11 states want it or not, their bordered identity is falling into ever sharper definition--if only because of pressure from extraregional states. Chapters are organized by country to elicit a broad range of thought and approach as much as for the specific areas or nation-states examined in each chapter. This book aims to provide new ways of looking at the reality and illusion of bordered Southeast Asia"--Page 4 of cover. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Delineation and borders in Southeast Asia / James Clad -- Archaeology, national histories, and national borders in Southeast Asia / Michael Wood -- Historical survey of borders in Southeast Asia / David Lee -- Borderlands, terrorism, and insurgency in Southeast Asia / Zachary Abuza -- The maritime borderlands : terrorism, piracy, pollution, and poaching in the South China Sea / David Rosenberg -- Bilateral and multilateral trade arrangements in Southeast Asia : forces for integration? / Dick K. Nanto -- The environment and development : Greater Mekong Subregion dynamics considered / Richard P. Cronin -- Displaced populations in Burma's borderlands : when are borders a significant barrier or means of protection / Rhoda Margesson -- Center-periphery relations and borders in western New Guinea / Patricia O'Brien and Bruce Vaughn -- China and Southeast Asia : a shifting zone of interaction / Carlyle A. Thayer. |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2023. MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Borderlands -- Southeast Asia.
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Southeast Asia -- Boundaries.
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Southeast Asia -- Foreign relations.
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Terrorism -- Southeast Asia.
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Globalization -- Southeast Asia.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Borderlands
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Boundaries
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Globalization
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Diplomatic relations
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Terrorism
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Southeast Asia
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Clad, James.
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McDonald, Sean M.
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Vaughn, Bruce, 1963-
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National Defense University. Center for Strategic Research.
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Geopolitics, terrorism, and globalization |
| ISBN |
9781461936985 (electronic bk.) |
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1461936985 (electronic bk.) |
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9780160920363 (e-book) |
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0160920361 (e-book) |
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0160886783 |
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9780160886782 |
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9781780399225 |
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1780399227 |
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NZ1 15913132 |
| Gpo Item No. |
0378-H-14 (online) |
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D 5.417/2:B 64 |
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