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Asian Security Practice - Material and Ideational Influences (Hardcover, First)
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Asian Security Practice - Material and Ideational Influences (Hardcover, First)
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Despite the end of the Cold War, security continues to be a
critical concern of Asian states. Allocations of state revenues to
the security sector continue to be substantial and have, in fact,
increased in several countries. As Asian nations construct a new
security architecture for the Asia-Pacific region, Asian security
has received increased attention by the scholarly community. But
most of that scholarship has focused on specific issues or selected
countries. This book aims to lay the groundwork for a
comprehensive, in-depth understanding of Asian security by
investigating conceptions of security in sixteen Asian countries.
The book undertakes an ethnographic, country-by-country study of
how Asian states conceive of their security. For each country, it
identifies and explains the security concerns and behavior of
central decision makers, asking who or what is to be protected,
against what potential threats, and how security policies have
changed over time. This inside-out or bottom-up approach
facilitates both identification of similarities and differences in
the security thinking and practice of Asian countries and
exploration of their consequences. The crucial insights into the
dynamics of international security in the region provided by this
approach can form the basis for further inquiry, including debates
about the future of the region.
The book is in three parts. Part I critically reviews and appraises
the debate over defining security and provides a historical
overview of international politics in Asia. Part II investigates
security practices in sixteen Asian countries, the countries
selected and grouped on the basis of security independence. Based
on the findings of the country studies and drawing on other
published works, Part III compares the national practices with a
view to identifying and explaining key characteristics of Asian
security practice and conceptualization on the basis of the Asian
experiences.
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