Jacob Bercovitch is professor of international relations at the University of Canterbury. Karl DeRouen, Jr. is professor of political science at the University of Alabama.

Unraveling Internal Conflicts in East Asia and the Pacific: Incidence, Consequences, and Resolution, edited by Jacob Bercovitch and Karl DeRouen, Jr., is a book of originally commissioned essays on civil wars which provide a compelling area of inquiry. Many of the Asia-Pacific region's wars are very long (such as in Myanmar), some tend to recur (also in Myanmar); some involve religion (Philippines, Thailand), and some (Aceh, Bougainville, East Timor) of the longest have ended in the last few years. In short, the region presents a variety of interesting dynamics that merit close attention in one volume.

Chapter 1 List of Figures Chapter 2 List of Tables Chapter 3 Preface and Acknowledgments Part 4 Section One: Security and Internal Conflicts in the Region Chapter 5 Chapter 1: Conflict Peace and Security in the Asia-Pacific Region Chapter 6 Chapter 2: The Nature of Conflict Management in the Asia-Pacific Region Chapter 7 Chapter 3: The Limits of Peace: Third Parties in Civil Wars in Southeast Asia, 1993-2004 Part 8 Section Two: Features of Conflict in the Region Chapter 9 Chapter 4: Old Conflicts in a New Era: The Reality of Intractable Conflicts in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Chapter 10 Chapter 5: Civil Wars in Southeast Asia and the Pacific: Conflict Resolution and the Problem of Recurrence Chapter 11 Chapter 6: The Employment of Islam in Southeast Asian Civil Conflicts Part 12 Section Three: External Involvement and Conflict Management in the Region Chapter 13 Chapter 7: Civil War Mediation Progression in South East Asia and the Pacific Chapter 14 Chapter 8: The World Bank in Regional Conflict in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Chapter 15 Chapter 9: Assessing the Conditions for Interventions in Internal Conflict in East Asia and the Pacific Region Chapter 16 Chapter 10: The Aceh Case: Track Two Mediation Activities towards Peace Chapter 17 Chapter 11: Evaluating Success of Peacekeeping Mission: Lessons from East Timor and Solomon Islands Chapter 18 Chapter 12:Internal Conflict, External Influence: The Case of Myanmar Part 19 Conclusion Chapter 20 Chapter 13: Practical Implications for NZ and Australia Regarding the Presence of Internal Conflicts in the Asia-Pacific Region Chapter 21 About the Contributors Chapter 22 Index