The political economy of regional security in East Asia / Avery Goldstein and Edward D. Mansfield -- Finance and security in East Asia / Benjamin J. Cohen -- Regional economic institutions and East Asian security / Miles Kahler -- The spillover effect of the ASEAN plus three process on East Asian security / Wu Xinbo -- Disputes over territories, maritime rights and interests in East Asia and their political-economic implications / Zhang Tuosheng -- The cult of energy insecurity and great power rivalry across the Pacific / Danielle F. S. Cohen and Jonathan Kirshner -- Regime insecurity and non-combat military operations : the effect of economic growth on military strategy in China / M. Taylor Fravel -- Information age economics and the future of the East Asian security environment / Michael Horowitz -- The China-U.S. handshake in Northeast Asia : the key to "dual stability" in bilateral ties and the regional equilibrium / Yuan Peng.