The Institute for Strategic Studies is to act as a focus for the discussion of problems of international security. One hundred and eighty members of the international community gathered at Oxford to discuss the problems of China and her neighbours --|c adapted from the foreword.

Revision of papers delivered at a conference sponsored by the Institute for Strategic Studies, held in September, 1964, at Oxford.

Part one.Three western perspectives. The United States and Asia / William P. Bundy -- Coexistence in South East Asia: a French view / Jean Chauvel -- Conflict and coexistence in Asia: a British perspective / Sir Robert Scott -- Part two. Chinese power and policy. The military potential of China / Samuel B. Griffith -- China's strategic outlook / Morton Halperin -- The effect of the Sino-Soviet conflict on Asia / Klaus Mehnert -- Part three. Areas of conflict. The defence of India / V.C. Trivedi -- The outlook in Indo-China / P.J. Honey -- Indonesia and her neighbours / George Modelski -- Subversion and insurgency in Asia / David Galula -- Part four. Deterrence and security. The limitations of nuclear deterrence in Asia / Charles Wolf -- The security of Australia / Sir Allen Brown -- The problems of Japan's security / Kiichi Saeki and Kei Wakaizumi -- Techniques of peacekeeping in Asia / John W. Holmes.