Asian Security Studies
About the Book Series
Few regions of the world are fraught with as many security questions as Asia. Within this region it is possible to study great power rivalries, irredentist conflicts, nuclear and ballistic missile proliferation, secessionist movements, ethnoreligious conflicts and inter-state wars. This series publishes the best possible scholarship on the security issues affecting the region, and includes detailed empirical studies, theoretically oriented case studies and policy-relevant analyses as well as more general works.
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Strategic Change: Adjusting Western regional policy
1st Edition
Edited
By Joachim Krause, Charles King Mallory, IV
July 16, 2015
The region encompassing Afghanistan and Pakistan (Af/Pak region) is undergoing a fundamental strategic change. This book analyses the nature of this strategic change, in ordre to seek possible future scenarios and to examine policy options. It also undertakes a critical review of the...
The Arms Race in Asia: Trends, causes and implications
1st Edition
By Andrew T.H. Tan
July 16, 2015
This book is the first systematic examination of the emerging arms race in Asia. The global trade in arms is to a large degree underpinned by the strong demand for arms in Asia and the Middle East, the two largest arms export markets in the world. Of these two regions Asia has become particularly ...
Conflict and Cooperation in Multi-Ethnic States: Institutional Incentives, Myths and Counter-Balancing
1st Edition
By Brian Shoup
April 09, 2015
Interethnic competition in plural societies is often characterized by a ‘counterbalance’ of political and economic strength between different groups. In such cases, tensions emerge as politically dominant groups fear loss of hegemony to more economically aggressive groups. Likewise, economically ...
Power Transition and International Order in Asia: Issues and challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter Shearman
September 18, 2014
This edited volume examines how the transition and diffusion of power in global politics is impacting on stability and order in East and Southeast Asia. Both in the academic field of International Relations (IR) and among policymakers, the big question today concerns the rise of China, the ...
India, Pakistan and the Secret Jihad: The Covert War in Kashmir, 1947-2004
1st Edition
By Praveen Swami
November 08, 2013
India, Pakistan and the Secret Jihad explores the history of jihadist violence in Kashmir, and argues that the violent conflict which exploded after 1990 was not a historical discontinuity, but, rather, an escalation of what was by then a five-decade old secret war. Praveen Swami&...
Autonomy and Ethnic Conflict in South and South-East Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Rajat Ganguly
November 07, 2013
This book uses empirical evidence from various case studies to examine the relationship between territorial and regional autonomy, the nation-state and ethnic conflict resolution in South and South-East Asia. The concept of territorial or regional autonomy holds centre stage in the literature on ...
Understanding Security Practices in South Asia: Securitization Theory and the Role of Non-State Actors
1st Edition
By Monika Barthwal-Datta
November 07, 2013
This book explores the ways in which non-state actors (NSAs) in South Asia are involved in securitizing non-traditional security challenges in the region at the sub-state level. South Asia is the epicentre of some of the most significant international security challenges today. Yet, the ...
Crime-Terror Nexus in South Asia: States, Security and Non-State Actors
1st Edition
By Ryan Clarke
October 03, 2013
This book examines the crime-terror nexus in South Asia, focusing in particular on the activities of non-state actors that operate out of Pakistan, and challenges the conventional wisdom that the Pakistan Taleban (TTP) and Al-Qaeda are Pakistan’s most serious security threats. Much research has ...
US-Japan-North Korea Security Relations: Irrepressible Interests
1st Edition
By Anthony DiFilippo
October 03, 2013
This book examines the major security and related issues between the United States, Japan and North Korea (officially, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - DPRK). Although focusing mainly on current issues, this book also provides sufficient historical background to enable readers...
Pakistan's War on Terrorism: Strategies for Combating Jihadist Armed Groups since 9/11
1st Edition
By Samir Puri
September 23, 2013
This book examines Pakistan's strategies in the war against Islamist armed groups that began late 2001, following the 9/11 attacks. The significance of the war inside Pakistan can hardly be understated. Starting in the tribal territories adjacent to Afghanistan, Pakistan’s war has come to engulf ...
Indian Foreign and Security Policy in South Asia: Regional Power Strategies
1st Edition
By Sandra Destradi
June 21, 2013
This book examines Indian foreign policy and security relations in its eastern regional neighbourhood. Indian Foreign and Security Policy in South Asia conducts an in-depth analysis into India’s foreign policy towards the three main countries in India’s Eastern neighbourhood – Sri Lanka, Nepal, and...
Sri Lanka and the Responsibility to Protect: Politics, Ethnicity and Genocide
1st Edition
By Damien Kingsbury
June 21, 2013
This book provides a study of the war by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to create a separate state in Sri Lanka. It examines the ways in which this war should, in principle, have invoked ‘Responsibility to Protect’ principles, as well as the political, legal and practical problems involved...