Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : new security challenges for a new century / Robert M. Hathaway and Michael Wills -- Drought, climate change, and the political economy of Himalayan dam building / Kenneth Pomeranz -- Domestic, regional, and global implications of water scarcity in China / David Pietz -- The Indus River Basin in the twenty-first century / Eric A. Strahorn -- Marine fisheries in crisis : improving fisheries management in Southeast Asia / Robert S. Pomeroy -- The 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic and the policy response in East Asia / Yanzhong Huang -- Effectively responding to pandemics : adapting responses to differing institutional circumstances in the United States and China / Jonathan Schwartz and Rachel D. Schwartz -- Safe harbor in a risky world? : China's approach to managing food safety risk / Elizabeth Wishnick -- The ambiguous political economy of terrorism in Southeast Asia's borderlands / Justin V. Hastings -- Managing new security challenges in Asia : between cybercrime and cyberconflict / Adam Segal.

"New security challenges are increasingly important in U.S. security planning. Transnational threats that do not arise from national rivalries or involve geopolitical competition--climate change, food insecurity, pandemic disease, terrorism, and cybercrime--can destabilize a country just as severely as an invading army. All of these pose threats to Asia and are particularly problematic for China due to its size, development, and governance. New Security Challenges in Asia focuses on the sources of these challenges, analyzes their international impact, and suggests actions to wrestle them into manageable condition. Asian nations have found it difficult to respond effectively to these new security challenges. Resources and technical capacity are scarce, as are cooperation and coordination within governments, between governments, and between governments, the private sector, and civil society. New Security Challenges in Asia shows how these threats are less susceptible to traditional diplomacy or military resolution and recommends ways the U.S. can help Asian nations address them constructively"--