Australia and Asia-Pacific security after September 11: an introduction / David W. Lovell -- The challenges for Australian foreign-policy professionals / David W. Lovell -- The rhetoric of Australia's regional policy / James Cotton -- Australia's strategic options in the US-China relationship / Allen Behm -- China and Asia-Pacific security building the new century / Zhu Majie -- China's efforts as a responsible power / Xia Liping -- The knowledge-based economy in China: perceptions and facts / Tian Zhongquing -- China's 'new security concept' and Southeast Asia / Carlyle A. Thayer -- Chinese nationalism and its foreign policy implications / Zhang Jian -- Japan's missile defence dilemma / Aaron Matthews -- Security and stability in Southwest Asia / William Maley -- Mediating the global order: the past and future of Asia-Pacific regional organizations / Michael Wesley -- The constructivist challenge to the debate on East Asian security in the new century / Chen Dongxiao -- Australian-American relations in the new century: applying resuscitation or pursuing illusions? / William T. Tow