Military Modernisation in Southeast Asia after the Cold War

Southeast Asian countries boasts a wide range of approaches to military modernisation due to their great diversity in politics, economies, geography, and other factors. Bounded by the Pacific and Indian Oceans is the setting for the geostrategic impacts of military modernisation.

Southeast Asian countries represent a wide range of approaches to military modernisation due to their great diversity in politics, economies, geography and other factors. Bounded by the Pacific and Indian Oceans and located between China and India is the setting for the geostrategic impacts of military modernisation in Southeast Asian countries.

Differing from previous research focused on military acquisition, this book additionally covers retention of assets and carefully examines the ageing issues that affect readiness and capabilities. In doing so, it provides a comprehensive view of military modernisation. This book also compares each country's situation in the region in terms of military strength and security challenges to elaborate on the geostrategic impacts of military modernisation. The ten cases of military modernisation in the post-Cold War context provide rich content for readers to explore the evolution of military modernisation in developing countries after 1991.

This book sheds light on security studies of Southeast Asia and is a useful resource for academic researchers, policy-makers and defence practitioners.

Autorentext

Shang-Su Wu is assistant professor at the Rabdan Academy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He was a research fellow at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. His research fields are defence in East and Southeast Asia, and railways of international relations.

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Contents

List of tables

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Indonesia

Chapter 3 Malaysia

Chapter 4 Myanmar

Chapter 5 The Philippines

Chapter 6 Singapore

Chapter 7 Thailand

Chapter 8 Vietnam

Chapter 9 Brunei, Cambodia, and Laos

Chapter 10 Conclusion: Trends, Geopolitics and Challenges

Bibliography

Index