This edition adds chapters on Burma and Vietnam, and updated material throughout reflects the current economic crisis in the region.

Sheldon W. Simon, Paul H.B. Godwin, Paul Marantz, Edward A. Olsen, Robert A. Scalapino, William T. Tow, William S. Turley

East Asian Security in the Post-Cold War Era; Introduction, Sheldon W. Simon; Chapter 1 Regional Security Structures in Asia: The Question of Relevance, Sheldon W. Simon; Chapter 2 Moscow and East Asia: New Realities and New Policies, Paul Marantz; Chapter 3 The Changing U.S. Role in Asian Security in the 1990s, Donald S. Zagoria; Chapter 4 The Military Dimensions of the Korean Confrontation, William T. Tow; Chapter 5 The Diplomatic Dimensions of the Korean Confrontation, Edward A. Olsen; Chapter 6 China's Asian Policy in the 1990s: Adjusting to the Post-Cold War Environment, Paul H.B. Godwin; Chapter 7 The China Policy of Russia and Asian Security in the 1990s, Robert A. Scalapino; Chapter 8 "More Friends, Fewer Enemies": Vietnam's Policy toward Indochina-ASEAN Reconciliation, William S. Turley; Chapter 9 ASEAN and Indochina: The "ASEANization" of Vietnam;