Brendan M. Howe, Ph.D. (2004), Tritiy College, Dublin, is Professor and Department Chair at GSIS, Ewha Womans University. He has 14 years’ experience researching on and teaching in East Asia; extensive publications on related topics including multiple SSCI ranked journal articles and four books.Boris Kondoch is Professor at Far East University and editor of the Journal of International Peacekeeping published by Brill/Martinus Niijhoff. He has published extensively on international law and international peace-keeping related subjects. He previuosly edited eight books.

• AcknowledgementsList of Contributors1. Introduction Brendan Howe and Boris Kondoch2. Aggression, the Prohibition of the Use of Force and North-East Asia Boris Kondoch3. East Asian Values and Humanitarian Intervention Brendan Howe4. Between Harmonious World and “War of Order”: Chinese Meanings of Just War and Their ReemergenceNadine Godehardt5. From Ideology to Pragmatism: China’s Position on Humanitarian Intervention in the Post-Cold War EraJonathan Davis6. The Paradox of Non-use of “Use of Force” Option in Japan’s Foreign and Security Policy Consensus Toshiya Hoshino7. "The Crime of Aggression" and Japan Madoka Futamura8. Questioning the Legality and Legitimacy of a Preventive Strike by the U.S. to Disarm North Korea of Nuclear WeaponsDan ErnstBibliographyIndex