TY - BOOK AU - Buzan,Barry AU - Wæver,Ole TI - Regions and powers: the structure of international security SN - 9780521891110 (pbk.) : AV - JZ5330 .B89 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Regionalism (International organization) KW - Security, International KW - International relations KW - World politics KW - 21st century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-542) and indexes; Theories and histories about the structure of contemporary international security -- Levels : distinguishing the regional from the global -- Security complexes : a theory of regional security -- South Asia : inching towards internal and external transformation -- Northeast and Southeast Asian RSCs during the Cold War -- The 1990s and beyond : an emergent EastAsian complex -- The Middle East : a perennial conflict formation -- Sub-Saharan Africa : security dynamics in a setting of weak and failed states -- Conclusions -- North America : the sole superpower and its surroundings -- South America : an under-conflictual anomaly? -- EU-Europe : the European Union and its 'near abroad' -- The Balkans and Turkey -- The post-Soviet space : a regional security complex -- Conclusions : scenarios for the European supercomplex -- Regions and powers : summing up and looking ahead -- Reflections on conceptualising international security. ER -