Asian Security Order is Muttiah Alagappa's third and final volume on a subject of vital and growing importance in world politics. It is the capstone volume of a theoretically sophisticated, intellectuallyintegrated, empirically rich, and politically sensitive set of inquiries. In the empirically informed literature on international relations, I know of no scholar writing on Asian security who comes close to matching the coherent and compelling vision of a politically relevant social science that Alagappa has succeeded in articulating. Like its two predecessors, this book will become required reading for any serious student of Asian security."--Peter J. Katzenstein, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies, Cornell University"Asian Security Order offers a complex and comprehensive, yet accessible analysis of the fundamental forces shaping security in Asia."--Pacific Affairs