1st Edition

The Evolution of Military Power in the West and Asia Security Policy in the Post-Cold War Era

Edited By Pauline Eadie, Wyn Rees Copyright 2016
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

This book investigates how states in both the West and Asia have responded to multi-dimensional security challenges since the end of the Cold War, focusing on military transformation. Looking at a cross-section of different countries, this volume assesses how their armed forces have responded to a changing international security context. The book investigates two main themes. First, how the... Read more

1. Introduction, Pauline Eadie and Wyn Rees  PART I: Diversification of Tasks and Cross-sectorial Engagement 2. The Military and the Humanitarian Capacities Challenge, Randolph Kent and Charlotte Crabtree 3. Post-conflict Reconstruction: Concepts, Issues and Challenges, Alpaslan Ozerdem  PART II: The West 4. The United States and Transformation, Wyn Rees 5. Western European Armed Forces and the Modernisation Agenda, David J. Galbreath 6. Military Transformation in Russia, Keir Giles  PART III: Asia 7. Great Power Identity, Security Imaginary and Military Transformation in China, Rex Li 8. Japan’s Military Transformation, Christopher W. Hughes 9. Indian Military Transformation in the Twenty-First Century, Rajat Ganguly 10. Smart Power, Military Transformation and the United States-Philippine Joint Balikatan Exercises, Pauline Eadie 11. Conclusion, Pauline Eadie and Wyn Rees

Biography

Pauline Eadie is Assistant Professor in International Relations at the University of Nottingham, UK, and is author of Poverty and the Critical Security Agenda (2005).

Wyn Rees is Professor of International Security at the University of Nottingham, UK, and is author or editor of 13 books.