Asia-Pacific Defense and Security Outlook - Arming the Region in the Era of Big Power Competition

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.

List of contents

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?

About the author

Kogila Balakrishnan is Director for Client and Business Development (East Asia) at WMG, University of Warwick; Adjunct Professor at the Malaysian National Defence University; Former Under Secretary of the Department for Defence Industry, Ministry of Defence, Malaysia. She obtained her PhD in the field of Technology Policy from the Cranfield University, UK.
Zsolt Lazar studied aviation-mechanics and completed an internship at a military airbase, holds a 'Managing in a Global Context' Master's degree from the Jönköping International Business School in Sweden, and an International Business Relations degree jointly from the Hungarian International Business School and Oxford Brookes University in the UK.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Kogila (Wmg Balakrishnan
• Assisted by: Kogila Balakrishnan (Editor), Zsolt Lazar (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032501567
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3250156-7
• No. of pages: 126
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, International Relations, Defence strategy, planning & research, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Military and defence strategy, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Pacific Rim countries, Asia-Pacific (APAC)