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 country’s threat perception and defence posture within the specific context of the Asia-Pacific region; while the third explores how it impacts on a state’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.
Author(s): Geoffrey Till, Emrys Chew, Joshua Ho
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 285
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Illustrations......Page 10
Contributors......Page 11
1 Introduction......Page 16
Part I Theories of globalization and defence......Page 30
2 Globalization and armed conflict among nations: Prospects through the lens of International Relations Theory......Page 32
3 Beyond interdependence: Globalization, state transformation and security......Page 49
Part II Globalization and defence policy in the Asia-Pacific......Page 66
4 Globalization and military– industrial transformation in South Asia: A historical perspective......Page 68
5 Globalization’s impact on threat perception and defence postures in Northeast Asia......Page 88
6 Globalization’s impact on threat perceptions and defence postures in Southeast Asia: Two views......Page 105
7 Globalization’s impact on threat perceptions and defence posture in South Asia......Page 136
Part III Globalization and the defence economy in the Asia-Pacific......Page 146
8 Defence and the economy: An introduction......Page 148
9 Globalization and defence industry in East Asia: Seeking self-sufficiency and teaming up for dual-use technology......Page 163
10 Exploring Southeast Asia’s twenty-first century defence economies: Opportunities and challenges in the era of globalization, 1993–2005......Page 181
11 Globalization’s impact on defence industry in Southeast Asia......Page 209
12 Globalization and the defence economy of South Asia: Two views......Page 234
13 Conclusion......Page 261
Index......Page 276
