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  • - Adjusting Western regional policy
     
    £45.49

    This book analyses the nature of the current strategic changes in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, and seeks to outline possible future scenarios and to examine policy options for the West.

  • - The Transformation of the People's Liberation Army
    by Nan Li
    £57.49

    This edited volume looks at contemporary Chinese civil-military relations, emphasising that the PLA is shifting from political to military tasks.

  • - Non-ASEAN Stakeholders
    by See Seng Tan
    £50.99 - 137.49

  • - Asymmetrical Economic Power and Insecurity
    by USA) Reeves & Jeffrey (Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
    £41.99 - 137.49

  • - Technology Acquisition and Military Modernisation
    by William C. Hannas, James C. Mulvenon & Anna B Puglisi
    £132.99

  • - Beyond Espionage
     
    £36.49

    This book analyses Chinäs foreign technology acquisition activity and how this has helped its rapid rise to superpower status.

  • - Beyond Espionage
     
    £123.99

    This book analyses Chinäs foreign technology acquisition activity and how this has helped its rapid rise to superpower status.

  • - Trends, causes and implications
    by Andrew T. H. Tan
    £45.49 - 137.49

  • - The ASEAN Regional Forum
     
    £132.99

    Offers a study of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), which is the multilateral vehicle of cooperative security bringing together all the world's major powers: the United States, China, Japan, India, Russia, and the European Union. This book offers an account of the relevance of the ARF in Asia-Pacific regional security.

  • - History and Prospects
    by USA) Cole & Bernard (National War College
    £46.99 - 150.99

    Offering an evaluation of Taiwan's defence forces and infrastructure, this book also examines Taiwan's armed forces, its Ministry of National Defence, personnel issues, and civil-military relations. It is useful for students of East Asian security and Sino-American relations and for international and security studies in general.

  • - Military Strategy, Politics and Economics
     
    £123.99

    An analysis of the key issues facing Chinese policy makers in their approach towards Taiwan. This book explains succinctly the impetus, the methods and the consequences if China is to use force, a prospect that has become greater following the return of President Chen Shui-bian to power in Taiwan for a second term in 2004.

  • - The PLA Navy's Submarine Challenge
    by Australia) Howarth & Peter (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    £46.99 - 132.99

    Provides an understanding of China's strategic abilities and ambitions, probing the real depths of its plans for the twenty-first century. This work explores similarities between China's strategic outlook and that of continental powers whose submarine fleets challenged dominant maritime powers for regional hegemony.

  • - The Transformation of the People's Liberation Army
     
    £123.99

    Looks at Chinese civil-military relations, emphasizing that the PLA is shifting from political to military tasks.

  • - The Case of India-Pakistan
    by Canada) Khan & Saira (McGill University
    £32.99 - 47.49

    Explores what the acquisition of nuclear weapons means for the life of a protracted conflict. This book argues that the acquisition of nuclear weapons by states keeps conflicts alive indefinitely, as they are maintained by frequent crises and low-to-medium intensity violence, rather than escalating to full-scale wars.

  • - Alternate Paths to Global Power
    by Canada) Lanteigne & Marc (McGill University
    £46.99 - 123.99

    The book examines a new approach to Chinese foreign policy development in the post-cold war international order.

  • - Military Strategy, Politics and Economics
     
    £46.99

    Presents an analysis of the key issues facing Chinese policy makers in their approach towards Taiwan. This book examines and explains the driving forces behind, the methods and the consequences of China using force against Taiwan. It is useful for students and scholars of military and security studies, and international relations.

  • - Tradition and Transformation for the 21st Century
    by Dennis J. Blasko
    £45.49 - 159.99

  • - Third-party Mediation in Regional Conflict
     
    £128.49

    This edited volume examines the sources, manifestations and management of conflict in East Asia, which contains many of the world's conflict flashpoints, such as the Korean Peninsula and the China-Taiwan Strait.

  • - America and Asia Respond
     
    £132.99

    Offers diverse and comprehensive views of China's rise and its implications to the East Asian region and beyond. This book integrates geopolitical and domestic political analysis of China with a set of transnational security issues, and includes a diversity of regional views.

  • - More than Words
     
    £159.99

    Traces the origins, evolution and the state of Indo-US strategic cooperation. This volume analyzes the strategic convergence of the world's two largest democracies, whilst explaining why important differences do remain. It is of interest to students of South Asian politics, Asian security, US foreign policy and security studies in general.

  • - Crisis Behaviour and the Bomb
     
    £137.49

    Explores competing perspectives on the impact of nuclear weapons proliferation on the South Asian security environment. This volume creates a dialogue between scholars who believe that nuclear weapons have stabilized the subcontinent, and those who believe that nuclear weapons have made South Asia more conflict prone.

  • - Confucianism, Leadership and War
    by USA) Feng & Huiyun (Utah State University
    £41.99 - 132.99

    Examining the major academic and policy debates over China's rise and related policy issues, this book looks into the motivations and intentions of a rising China. This work studies the beliefs of contemporary Chinese leaders and their strategic interactions with other states since 1949 when the communist regime came to power.

  • - Counter-Insurgency, Politics and Internal Security
    by Washington DC, USA) Wayne & Martin I. (National Defense University
    £50.99 - 132.99

    Investigates China's counter insurgency effort, highlighting the success of an approach centred on reshaping local society and government institutions. This book raises the question of what the United States may be able to learn from China's approach, and argues that a case as Xinjiang needs to be examined in order for terrorism to be defeated.

  • - Institutional Incentives, Myths and Counter-Balancing
    by Brian Shoup
    £45.49 - 137.49

    Interethnic competition in plural societies is often characterized by a 'counterbalance' of political and economic strength between different groups. This book develops a model that explains how and why interethnic bargains between rival groups can erode given different institutional configurations.

  • - Nuclear Weapons and Conflict in Comparative Perspective
    by Singapore) Basrur & Rajesh M. (Nanyang Technological University
    £46.99 - 137.49

    Offers an analysis of the India-Pakistan nuclear confrontation as a form of 'cold war' - that is, a hostile relationship between nuclear rivals. This book draws on nuclear rivalries between similar pairs, and examines the rise and the process of the Cold War between India and Pakistan.

  • - The Last Maoist War
    by Edward C. O'Dowd
    £50.99 - 141.99

  • - Lessons Learned
     
    £137.49

    Focuses on India's experiences waging counterinsurgency campaigns since its independence in 1947. This book addresses the pressing military and civilian needs in the counterinsurgency arena. It is suitable for students of counterinsurgency and irregular warfare, Indian politics, Asian Security Studies and Strategic Studies in general.

  • - Disrupting Violence
     
    £46.99

    This is a major new contribution to comparative and multidisciplinary scholarship on the alignment of religion and violence in South and Southeast Asia.

  • - Global Perspectives
     
    £132.99

    Offers insights into some of the questions surrounding China's grand strategy and its potential effects on to the international order. This approaches the subject from a variety of angles, including realist, offensive realist, institutional, power transition, interdependence, and constructivist perspectives.

  • - Crisis Behaviour and the Bomb
     
    £41.99

    This edited volume explores competing perspectives on the impact of nuclear weapons proliferation on the South Asian security environment.

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