Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pacific ties : the United States of America and an emerging 'Pacific community'? / Frank Gibney -- From imperialism to the end of the Cold War / Colin Mackerras -- The rise of the Asia-Pacific / Javed Maswood -- The Asia-Pacific : what sort of region in what sort of world? / Barry Buzan -- The Asia-Pacific security order / Joon Num Mak -- Restructuring foreign and defence policy : Japan / Kenneth Pyle -- Restructuring foreign and defence policy : the People's Republic of China / Denny Roy -- Restructuring foreign and defence policy : the USA / Anthony McGrew -- Restructuring foreign and defence policy : strategic uncertainty and the Asia-Pacific middle powers / Nikki Baker -- Restructuring foreign and defence policy : the Pacific Islands / Richard Herr -- Regionalism and globalism / Christopher Brook -- The growth of intergovernmental collaboration in the Asia-Pacific region / John Ravenhill -- Regional co-operation : the transnational dimension / Lawrence T. Woods -- The European Union and the Asia-Pacific / Michael Smith -- The Asia-Pacific : what king of challenge? / Gerald Segal.