Conscious that trust deficit is a principal concern in East Asia, the book attempts to suggest ways to enhance confidence in certain key areas such as disputes in East and South China Seas, maritime CBMs, impact of economic interdependence on security, and issues concerning identity and values in Asian thinking.

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Pham Quang Minh, Vietnam National University-Hanoi, Vietnam Liu Ming, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China Gilbert Rozman, Princeton University, USA, and The Asan Forum journal Kazuhiko Togo, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan Tran Viet Thai, Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Seigo Iwamoto, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan Tran Van Doan Academia Catholica of Fujen University, Taiwan G V C Naidu, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Lam Peng, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore

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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