This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the global
diffusion of the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) and its
impact on military innovation trajectories in small states.
Although the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA) concept has
enjoyed significant academic attention, the varying paths and
patterns of military innovation in divergent strategic settings
have been overlooked. This book seeks to rectify this gap by
addressing the broad puzzle of how the global diffusion of
RMA-oriented military innovation - the process of international
transmission, communication, and interaction of RMA-related
military concepts, organizations, and technologies - has shaped the
paths, patterns, and scope of military innovation of selected small
states. In a reverse mode, how have selected small states
influenced the conceptualization and transmission of the RMA
theory, processes, and debate? Using Israel, Singapore and South
Korea as case studies, this book argues that RMA-oriented military
innovation paths in small states indicate predominantly
evolutionary trajectory, albeit with a varying patterns resulting
from the confluence of three sets of variables: (1) the level of
strategic, organizational, and operational adaptability in
responding to shifts in the geostrategic and regional security
environment; (2) the ability to identify, anticipate, exploit, and
sustain niche military innovation - select conceptual,
organizational, and technological innovation intended to enhance
the military's ability to prepare for, fight, and win wars, and (3)
strategic culture. While the book represents relevant empirical
cases for testing the validity of the RMA diffusion hypotheses,
from a policy-oriented perspective, this book argues that these
case studies offer lessons learned in coping with the security and
defence management challenges posed by military innovation in
general. This book will be of much interest for students of
military innovation, strategic studies, defence studies, Asian
politics, Middle Eastern politics and security studies in general.
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