Globalization is having a major effect on the dynamics of the Asia-Pacific region and on the rest of the world. The economic relationship between the major powers of the region, most obviously China, Japan and India helps determine the security architecture of the whole area, and given the rising strategic importance of the whole region globally, of the world.
Written by leading authorities in the field, this book investigates the impact that globalization is having on the economies, security policies and military-industrial complexes of the Asia-Pacific region.
Globalisation and Defence in the Asia-Pacific will be of interest to students of defence and security studies, Asian politics and international relations.

This edited volume examines the impact of globalisation on the economies, security policies and military-industrial complexes of the Asia-Pacific region.

The work is structured into three main parts. The first explores globalization and its general effects on the policy-making of the nation-state; the second section looks at how globalisation affects a countrya (TM)s threat perception and defence posture within the specific context of the Asia-Pacific region; while the third explores how it impacts on a statea (TM)s allocation of resources to defence, and how economic globalization affects the defence industry, with specific reference to the procurement policies and practices of different states across the Asia-Pacific.