Hung-MaoTien is a Minster of Foreign Affairs of the Repunblic of China as of May 2000. Ten-jen  Cheng is Professor of Government and Chair of the East Asian Studies Committee at the College of William and Mary.

• Part I: Great Powers and Their Neighbors 2. The U.S.-PRC Relationship: Engagement versus Containment, or Engagement With Containment 3. The U.S. Asia-Pacific Security Strategy for the Twenty-First Century 4. Japan's Military Cooperation and Alliances in the Asia-Pacific Region: Guidelines for U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation 5. The PRC-Japan Relationship: Heading for a Collision? 6. The Regional Security Implications of China's Economic Expansion, Military Modernization, and the Rise of Nationalism 7. The Challenge of the Hong Kong Transition: Its Implications for Asian Security 8. ASEAN Responses to an Emerging China: A Philippine Perspective Part II Multilateral Framework: Evolution and Assessment 9 Multilateral Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region: Challenges in the Post-Cold War Era 10 Assessing the ARF and CSCAP 11 The Role, Significance and Prospects of APEC: Contributions to Regional Security 12 The Prospects of ASEAN Military Cooperation: Implication for Regional Security 13 Europe and Asia: Is ASEM a Model for the Future? Part III Flash Points and CBMs 14 Sino-ROK Relations and the Future of Asian Security: A Developing Continental Power Balance? 15 The Challenge of Cross-Strait Relations: The Strategic Implications of the Missile Crisis 16 Confidence-Building Measures in the South China Sea 17 China and Confidence-Building in East Asia 18 Confidence- Building Measures in the Taiwan Strait.