Security and Development in Northeast Asia: New Approaches Needed

... human dimension while neglecting national security, a nation can ultimately lose a significant chunk of its state sovereignty. Northeast Asia demonstrates a large number of obvious imbalances in national priority rankings: Japan, for instance, has for many ... ... political plurality, grave inter-country contradictions and conflicts did not hamper successful integration under the banners of ASEAN. As a matter of fact, a certain degree of fragmentation and disunity are present in the very dynamic and extensive Russia–China cooperation in the NEA. So far, our interactions have often fanned out into a set of highly important yet independent projects ...