| ID | 131007 |
| Title Proper | Power shift or paradigm shift |
| Other Title Information | China's rise and Asia's emerging security order |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Acharya, Amitav |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This essay proposes a new theoretical framework for analyzing the rise of China and its impact on Asian security order. While the rise of China is reshaping Asia's military balance, the region has also witnessed equally important and longer-term changes, especially economic interdependence, multilateral institutions and domestic politics. The implications of these changes are not fully accounted for by the different types of security orders proposed by analysts to describe the implications of China's rise, such as anarchy, hierarchy, hegemony, concert, and community. This essay presents an alternative conceptualization of Asian security order, termed consociational security order (CSO) that draws from different theoretical lenses: defensive realism, institutionalism, and especially consociational theory in comparative politics. Specifying the conditions that make a CSO stable or unstable, the essay then examines the extent to which these conditions can be found in Asia today. Aside from offering a distinctive framework for analyzing China's rise, the CSO framework also offers an analytic device for policymakers and analysts in judging trends and directions in Asian security. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Studies Quarterly Vol.58, No.1; March 2014: p.158-173 |
| Journal Source | International Studies Quarterly Vol.58, No.1; March 2014: p.158-173 |
| Key Words | Power Shift ; Paradigm Shift ; China ; Rising China ; Rising Asia ; Asia ; Emerging Trends ; Emerging Policy ; Emerging Politics ; Emerging Security ; Security Order ; Asian Security ; Comparative Politics ; Contemporary Politics ; Consociational Security Order - CSO ; Military Balance ; Economic Interdependence ; Multilateral Institutions |