A regional approach to human security in East Asia: Global debate, regional insecurity and the role of civil society

• Main Author: TANG, James T. H.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2004
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Defense and Security Studies; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2374; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3631/viewcontent/a_regional_approach.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The concept of human security as a new paradigm presents a particular challenge for East Asia. While the region experienced dramatic political, economic and social transformations in the last few decades, much of the region’s key security concerns are state-focused. In fact East Asian regional security structures that are products of the Cold War era have remained largely intact.