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Explaining Contemporary Asian Military Modernization - The Myth of Asia's Arms Race (Paperback)
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Explaining Contemporary Asian Military Modernization - The Myth of Asia's Arms Race (Paperback)
Series: Asian Security Studies
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This book proposes a novel theoretical framework of "interactive
arming" in order to explain armament dynamics in contemporary Asia.
Frequently, the modernisation of contemporary naval forces in Asia
is described as an "arms race," with the underlying assumption
being that weapons acquisitions and increases in defence
expenditure are competitive and bilateral and due to conflicting
purposes or mutual fears. This book argues that the concept of an
arms race is an unsuitable one for explaining contemporary military
modernisation in 21st-century Asia. Instead, it proposes a novel
and innovative concept of "interactive arming" and argues that what
drives conflict is political rivalry, not weapons acquisitions.
Instead of perceiving arming as abnormal behaviour, the book views
arming as a natural strategic behaviour of states and military
modernisation as a basic requirement for a state's ability to
survive. This book will be of much interest to students of Asian
security, strategic studies and international relations in general.
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