Introduction: predictability and stability despite challenges / Muthiah Alagappa -- The study of international order: an analytical framework / Muthiah Alagappa -- Constructing security order in Asia: conceptions and issues / Muthiah Alagappa -- Sovereignty: dominance of the Westphalian concept and implications for regional security / Chung-in Moon and Chaesung Chun -- Incomplete hegemony: the United States and security order in Asia / Michael Mastanduno -- Balance-of-power politics: consequences for Asian security order / Avery Goldstein -- Regional institutions and Asian security order: norms, power, and prospects for peaceful change / Amitav Acharya -- Track 2 diplomacy: ideational contribution to the evolving Asian security order / Brian L. Job -- Economic interdependence and economic cooperation: mitigating conflict and transforming security order in Asia / Ming Wan -- The UN system as a pathway to security in Asia: a buttress, not a pillar / Rosemary Foot -- Acute conflicts in Asia after the Cold War: Kashmir, Taiwan, and Korea / David Kang -- Territorial disputes and Asian security: sources, management, and prospects / Jianwei Wang -- Maritime issues in Asia: the problem of adolescence / Jean-Marc F. Blanchard -- Nuclear weapons, missile defense, and stability: a case for "sober optimism" / Victor D. Cha -- Managing internal conflicts: dominance of the state / Arun R. Swamy and John Gershman -- Human security: an intractable problem in Asia / Dewi Fortuna Anwar -- Managing Asian security: competition, cooperation, and evolutionary change / Muthiah Alagappa.