International Security in the Pacific in Terms of Power and Responsibility
The article reviews the book «The Trans-Pacific security - hierarchy of power and responsibility», published by a group of scholars of the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations and dedicated to the analysis of international issues and challenges for the Asia-Pacific security through the lens of comparison between the leading regional States’ and organizations’ powers and capabilities and the responsibility for their actions. Thus the vision of the international situation in the Asia-Pacific is defined in the context of dependence of the hierarchy of responsibility on the hierarchy of power, and the responsibility is understood as obligations of the parties, rather than their dominance. The review reflects the foreign policy interests and the international position of the actors, who are the regional leaders or aspiring to this status, as well as provides an assessment of their behavior, impacting the state of affairs in the Pacific Rim area.