1st Edition

Regional Security in the Third World Case Studies from Southeast Asia and the Middle East

Edited By Mohammed Ayoob Copyright 2011
296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

This reissue, first published in 1986, argues that there is a radical difference between the use of the term ‘Regional Security’ when applied to the Third World rather than the developed world. It explores the concept of regional security and shows how items which make for regional security in the developed world – such as strong cohesive states or the linking of a state’s security to the... Read more

Part I: Regional Security, the Third World and World Order  1. Regional Security and the Third World  2. Regional Security and World Order in the 1980s  Part II: Intra-state Dimensions of Regional Security  3.Internal Dimensions of Regional Security in Southeast Asia  4. Internal Cleavages and Regional Conflict: the Case of Lebanon  Part III: Inter-state Dimensions of Regional Security  5. The Kampuchean Conflict and Regional Security  6. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A View from Cairo   7. The Iran-Iraq War: Regime Security and Regional Security  Part IV: Global Dimensions of Regional Security  8. Superpowers and Regional Security in Southeast Asia  9. The Superpowers and Regional Security in the Middle East  Part V: Regional Organisation and Regional Security  10. ASEAN and Regional Security  11. The Gulf Co-operation Council and Regional Security  12. The Arab League: Between Regime Security and National Liberation

Biography

Mohammed Ayoob, Senior Research Fellow, Department if International relations, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University.