The Legality and Legitimacy of the Use of Force in Northeast Asia (Studies on East Asian Security and International Relations, 2)

x, 296 s Contents: AcknowledgementsList of Contributors1. Introduction Brendan Howe and Boris Kondoch2. Aggression, the Prohibition of the Use of Force and North-East Asia Boris Kondoch3. East Asian Values and Humanitarian Intervention Brendan Howe4. Between Harmonious World and "War of Order": Chinese Meanings of Just War and Their ReemergenceNadine Godehardt5. From Ideology to Pragmatism: China's Position on Humanitarian Intervention in the Post-Cold War EraJonathan Davis6. The Paradox of Non-use of "Use of Force" Option in Japan's Foreign and Security Policy Consensus Toshiya Hoshino7. "The Crime of Aggression" and Japan Madoka Futamura8. Questioning the Legality and Legitimacy of a Preventive Strike by the U.S. to Disarm North Korea of Nuclear WeaponsDan ErnstBibliographyIndex 'In "The Legality and Legitimacy of the Use of Force in Northeast Asia," Brendan Howe and Boris Kondoch offer a comprehensive evaluation of when it is right, from regional perspectives, to use force in international relations.'.…