Mark Beeson

Mark Beeson is Professor of International Politics at the University of Western Australia. Before joining UWA, he taught at Murdoch, Griffith, Queensland, York (UK) and Birmingham, where he was also head of department. He is the co-editor of Contemporary Politics, and the founding editor of Critical Studies of the Asia Pacific.

E-Mail: mark.beeson@uwa.edu.au

This individual is a guest contributor for mei.edu, and is not affiliated with The Middle East Institute.

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Jan 21, 2016

Mark Beeson

The State and Security in Asia

Jan 21, 2016

Mark Beeson

While there are a surprisingly large number of regionally-based political initiatives of one sort or another, some with a specific mandate to address security issues, East Asia’s potential to act collectively is a function of the countries that compose it. The willingness of the members to act in concert is constrained by some very specific, historically contingent factors that continue to cast a long shadow over contemporary events. Trying to make sense of why it has proved so difficult to resolve or even talk about some of the region’s most enduring security problems involves looking at the general trajectory of historical development that has made East Asia a region like no other.

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Mark Beeson

The State and Security in Asia