Building Confidence in East Asia: Maritime Conflicts, Interdependence and Asian Identity Thinking

1. Introduction; G V C Naidu and Kazuhiko Togo PART I: EAST ASIA: GEOPOLITICAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT 2. At the Crossfire: Vietnam's Position toward Big Power Strategies in Emerging Asia-Pacific Architecture; Pham Quang Minh 3. Some Realist Contemplations on the Territorial Disputes between China, Vietnam and the Philippines at South China Sea; Liu Ming 4. Managing Wider National Identity Gaps in East Asia without Idealism; Gilbert Rozman 5. Beyond Power, Interests and Identity: In Search of 'Asian Thinking' to Build Trust in East Asia; Kazuhiko Togo PART II: MARITIME SECURITY: CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION 6. Maritime Security Environment in East Asia: Need for Strengthening Maritime Regimes, Greater Cooperation and Dialogues; Tran Viet Thai and G V C Naidu 7. Three Complementary Simultaneous Approaches to Maritime Security in the East China Sea: International Law, Crisis Management and Dialogue; Seigo Iwamoto and Kazuhiko Togo 8. Toward an Acceptable Solution to the East Sea Dispute; Tran Van Doan PART III: INTERDEPENDENCE: EFFECT AND LIMITATION 9. Can Economic Interdependence and Cooperation Mitigate Security Concerns in East Asia?; G V C Naidu 10. Antagonism Despite Interdependency: Whither China-Japan Relations?; Lam Peng Er 11. Conclusion; G V C Naidu and Kazuhiko Togo