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This book examines Israel's growing interaction with Asia's
sub-regions and countries since the 1990s. It shows how these
interactions have increased in recent years, both at government
level and for companies, entrepreneurs, academic institutions,
religious groups, tourists, and NGOs. Likewise, it discusses the
evolving shared interests between Israel and Asian states and
demonstrates how Asian countries adopted sophisticated policies
that allowed them to get closer to Israel without compromising
their traditional support of the pro-Palestinian position. It also
explores how Israel differentiates between different regions,
circles of importance, and countries in Asia rather than sees Asia
as a monolithic whole. This groundbreaking book concludes by
assessing the overall state of relations at present and likely
future developments.
This book examines two sides of civil-military relations in
developing countries. One is the place of civil-military relations
within a state's political and economic systems; the other is the
role of the military on a state's maintenance of peace and
stability. The book thus proposes that the function of soldiers is
not only to defend and deter, but also to develop. The chapters
provide a comprehensive analysis of civil-military relationship
with comparative cases on Botswana, China, El Salvador, Honduras,
Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, and The
Arab Spring Countries of the Middle East including Bahrain, Sudan,
Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen and Libya. Each
chapter analyzes the historical, cultural and political factors
that shape the direction of the man on the white horse (military
elite) and the politician. In doing so, this book reveals the
potential impact of the nature of civil military relations on
democratization, political and economic development, and on
regional/international security. Dhirendra Vajpeyi and Glen Segell
discuss and critique the current models and literature on
civil-military relations. The innovative framework and careful
choice of case studies, presented in a jargon-free, accessible
style, makes this book attractive to scholars and students of civil
military relations and development studies, as well as
policymakers.
The decisions that shape the policy of weapons procurement are an
important area of national security policy. This is all the more
true for China, which during recent decades has vacillated between
different sources and directions of military build-up. This book
explores the politics of military procurement in China under the
successive leaderships of Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao.
It shows how China's political and military leaders have sought to
adjust military procurement policy to meet China's strategic
objectives, to relate it to non-military needs, to strike a balance
between the import of weapons and indigenous production, and to
determine the connections between hardware and other components of
military power. Exploring in detail five major shifts in the
nation's military procurement, it traces the considerations and
negotiations among China's civilian and military leaderships. By
doing so, it offers both a conceptual framework and empirical
grounds for evaluating the factors that shape China's military
procurement directions, as well as their limitations, prospects,
and operational implications. As the first book to study
comprehensively and systematically the attributes shaping China's
military procurement, it will be of great interest to students and
scholars of Chinese politics, Chinese history and military and
strategic studies.
The decisions that shape the policy of weapons procurement are an
important area of national security policy. This is all the more
true for China, which during recent decades has vacillated between
different sources and directions of military build-up. This book
explores the politics of military procurement in China under the
successive leaderships of Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao.
It shows how China's political and military leaders have sought to
adjust military procurement policy to meet China's strategic
objectives, to relate it to non-military needs, to strike a balance
between the import of weapons and indigenous production, and to
determine the connections between hardware and other components of
military power. Exploring in detail five major shifts in the
nation's military procurement, it traces the considerations and
negotiations among China's civilian and military leaderships. By
doing so, it offers both a conceptual framework and empirical
grounds for evaluating the factors that shape China's military
procurement directions, as well as their limitations, prospects,
and operational implications. As the first book to study
comprehensively and systematically the attributes shaping China's
military procurement, it will be of great interest to students and
scholars of Chinese politics, Chinese history and military and
strategic studies.
This book examines two sides of civil military relations in
developing countries. One is the place of civil-military relations
within a state s political and economic systems; the other is the
role of the military on a state s maintenance of peace and
stability. The book thus proposes that the function of soldiers is
not only to defend and deter, but also to develop. The chapters
provide a comprehensive analysis of civil military relationship
with comparative cases on Botswana, China, El Salvador, Honduras,
Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, and The
Arab Spring Countries of the Middle East including Bahrain, Sudan,
Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen and Libya. Each
chapter analyzes the historical, cultural and political factors
that shape the direction of the man on the white horse (military
elite) and the politician. In doing so, this book reveals the
potential impact of the nature of civil military relations on
democratization, political and economic development, and on
regional/international security. Dhirendra Vajpeyi and Glen Segell
discuss and critique the current models and literature on
civil-military relations. The innovative framework and careful
choice of case studies, presented in a jargon-free, accessible
style, makes this book attractive to scholars and students of civil
military relations and development studies, as well as
policymakers."
Advanced commercial technologies offer new opportunities for
defense applications that could greatly affect military power and
metrics of military advantage. This is relevant when it comes to
civilian-based technological innovations found in the emerging
'fourth industrial revolution,' such as artificial intelligence,
autonomous systems, 'big data,' and quantum computing. Militaries
and governments around the world are increasingly focused on how
and where advanced commercial technologies, innovations, and
breakthroughs could potentially create new capacities for military
power, advantage, and leverage. This process of exploiting
civilian-based advanced technologies is referred to as
'military-civil fusion' (MCF). This book addresses MCF not only
from a conceptual and practical sense but also comparatively as it
explores how four different countries - the United States, China,
India, and Israel - are attempting to use MCF to support national
military-technological innovation. It will interest scholars,
researchers, and advanced students of military, security, and
technology studies, as well as analysts and policymakers in
military and defense organizations.
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