World Scientific Publishing Company Case Studies on Preventive Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific: 2 (Series On Asian Regional Cooperation Studies)

Preventive Diplomacy (PD) has been recognized as a useful tool to address security issues in the Asia-Pacific region. To explore a PD mode compatible with the regional situation step by step on the basis of consensus has become the common will of the regional countries. Since the region is facing various new challenges, this requires innovation in theories and practices of PD. Focusing on the practice of preventive diplomacy, this book conducts empirical and comparative studies on the application of preventive diplomacy in various issue areas and by different countries. About the Author <p>Dr Guo Yanjun is Director of the Institute of Asian Studies at China Foreign Affairs University. He completed his PhD in International Politics at Shandong University in 2007. He worked at Peking University as a post-doctorate research fellow from 20092011. He specializes in the study of international rivers and transboundary water resources management, especially the Lancang-Mekong river water management. He has published writings and articles both at home and abroad on transboundary water resources management. He also serves as a research fellow at the Innovation Center on National Territorial Sovereignty and Maritime Rights. As a member of the NEAT China (Network of East Asian Think-tanks), NACT China (Network of ASEAN-China Think-tanks) and NTCT China (Network of Trilateral Cooperation Think-tanks), he has been involved in many track II diplomacy processes in the past years.</p><p>Dr Wu Lin is an Associated Research Professor at the Institute of Asian Studies of China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing. Her academic interests fall in three parts: Regional governance, International institutions and norms, and India's Regional Policy. She published several books, papers and articles on these topics, and wrote for Asian Reports for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She holds a doctorate from Fudan University in International Politics. She is a member of the Network of East Asian Think-tanks (NEAT), in which she engages constantly by participating in seminars and workshops and discussing briefing reports for ASEAN Plus Three (10+3) Senior Officials' Meetings. She also contributes substantially to the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), the Network of ASEAN-China Think-tanks (NACT) and Network of Trilateral Cooperation Think-tanks (NTCT).</p>