Asia's Security Challenges

By: Wilfred A Herrmann

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Hardcover | 1 January 1998

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The Asia-Pacific Region has changed from a region of permanent crisis to a major economic growth area of the world. This is mainly based on the stability of the region despite some conflict potentials. Consequently the influence of new challenges for national security is of great importance for the analysis of the future developments of this region. Security is one of the crucial needs for the individual as well as the nation or state. A comprehensive security approach is recognised by most of the Asian nation states, but most of the regional organisations in Asia are lacking it. Nevertheless, the coming era of globalisation, increasing interdependence, closer communication networks, and a growing ecology factor will show the need for closer co-operation and more regionalisation in order to fulfil the requirements of the nation state towards its inhabitants. The chapters contained in this volume provide an invaluable guide to a modified security approach in Asia, which can be the first step of building a common Asian security thinking. The covering of major security challenges as well as the regional security panoramas and the selected country profiles provide a crucial overview concerning this complex problem.

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Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction
Security in a Changing World	p. 3
Challenges for Security
Economic Development and Security in the Asia Pacific Context	p. 19
Conventional Arms Proliferation in East/Southeast Asia	p. 33
Security of the Sea Lanes of Communications (SLOCs) in the Asia-Pacific Region in the Post-Cold War Era	p. 49
Piracy Worldwide	p. 59
Drug Criminality as a Security Problem in Asia	p. 67
Migration as a Challenge to Asian Security	p. 85
The Media's Role in Conflict, Confidence-Building and the Making of Peace: Some Issues in International Communication	p. 111
Sustainable Development, Environment and Security	p. 133
Superterrorism as a Security Challenge of the 21st Century	p. 143
The "Asian View" on Human Rights: A Different Look	p. 149
Regional Security Panoramas
The Security Policy Panorama of South Asia in the Post-Cold War Ear	p. 159
A Security Panorama of Southeast Asia	p. 171
Selected Country Profiles
India: A Country Looking for a New Foreign and Security Policy Image	p. 197
A Giant in Transition: Indonesia in Southeast Asia	p. 213
Japan: A Country-Profile	p. 227
Korea: A Country Profile	p. 239
Mongolia: A Country Profile	p. 245
Papua New Guinea - A Country Profile	p. 255
The People's Republic of China - Hegemonial Superpower or a Responsible Major Player in the 21st Century	p. 271
Civil-Military Relationship in the People's Republic of China	p. 291
The Philippines: Security Concerns in a Changing Regional Environment	p. 303
The Security Situation in Taiwan: Back to a Cold War Future?	p. 309
Thailand: A Rising Power in Southeast Asia?	p. 315
List of Contributors	p. 327
Literature for Further Reading	p. 329
Index	p. 339
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