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Military modernisation in Southeast
Asia after the cold war: Acquisition,
retention, and geostrategic impacts
Dr. Shang-Su Wu
Assistant Professor and
Research Coordinator
Homeland Security
Rabdan Academy
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.
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