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This book examines the security challenges and opportunities that the nation-states of Asia confront in an era of globalization.
With consideration of the increasingly border-less nature of international relations via the integrative process of globalization, this book explores the emerging threats to regional and national security in Asia. It looks beyond traditional military threats, analysing non-traditional aspects of security including economic, social, environmental, transnational, energy, health concerns and threats posed by organized-crime groups. Its approach is organized both theoretically and, in a country-specific, case study form which provides contemporary examples of the threats faced in the region. By acknowledging that contemporary Asian security has become much more complex and complicated, it highlights the uncertainty and instability that the nation-states of the Indo-Pacific region confront.
Presenting both a globally oriented and expanded vision of Asian security, this book is an excellent resource for scholars and students of Asian Studies, International Relations and Global Studies.
List of contents
1. Asia Security Today: State of the Field 2. Asia after the Cold War: Back to the Future 3. Military Threats to Security 4. Terrorists Threats to Security 5. Economic Threats to Security 6. Criminal Threats to Security 7. Environmental Threats to Security 8. Health Threats to Security 9. Towards Regional Security Cooperation
About the author
Lui Hebron is a Faculty Affairs Specialist at the California State University, USA. His research focuses on the areas of political economy (Globalization), international relations (ethnicity, conflict and war, security studies), and Asian studies (Pacific Rim, China).
Summary
This book examines the security challenges and opportunities that the nation-states of Asia confront in an era of globalization.
With consideration of the increasingly border-less nature of international relations via the integrative process of globalization, this book explores the emerging threats to regional and national security in Asia. It looks beyond traditional military threats, analysing non-traditional aspects of security including economic, social, environmental, transnational, energy, health concerns and threats posed by organized-crime groups. Its approach is organized both theoretically and, in a country-specific, case study form which provides contemporary examples of the threats faced in the region. By acknowledging that contemporary Asian security has become much more complex and complicated, it highlights the uncertainty and instability that the nation-states of the Indo-Pacific region confront.
Presenting both a globally oriented and expanded vision of Asian security, this book is an excellent resource for scholars and students of Asian Studies, International Relations and Global Studies.
