Beschreibung:
The book focuses on the main security threats, defence industry, arms trade, defence policies and military capabilities related issues in the Asia-Pacific region. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Defense & Security Analysis.
Introduction: Asia-Pacific defense and security outlook 1. The security environment in the Asia-Pacific: the context for arming 2. The Politicisation of Archaeology in Border Demarcation Conflict in the Asia Pacific Region 3. The Philippine defence-development-disaster security paradigm 4. Dual-neutrality for the Koreas: a two-pronged approach toward reunification 5. Evaluating civil-military relationship for effective procurement decision-making: the case of two fighter jet procurements of the Republic of Korea 6. The challenges in buyer-supplier relationship for technological absorption capability in international defence acquisition: the case of Southeast Asia 7. Made in India: an aspiring brand in global arms bazaar 8. Imagining maritime conflict in the Indo-Pacific: can analogies substitute for strategy?