Security Studies Catalog 2013

Chinese Industrial Espionage

Technology Acquisition and Military Modernisation

By William C. Hannas, James Mulvenon, Anna B. Puglisi

Series: Asian Security Studies

This new book is the first full account, inside or outside government, of China’s efforts to acquire foreign technology. Based on primary sources and meticulously researched, the book lays bare China’s efforts to prosper technologically through others' achievements. For decades, China has operated...

Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge

Autonomy and Ethnic Conflict in South and South-East Asia

Edited by Rajat Ganguly

Series: Asian Security Studies

This book uses empirical evidence from various case studies to examine the relationship between territorial and regional autonomy, the nation-state and ethnic conflict resolution in South and South-East Asia. The concept of territorial or regional autonomy holds centre stage in the literature on...

Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge

Power Transition and International Order in Asia

Issues and Challenges

Edited by Peter Shearman

Series: Asian Security Studies

This edited volume examines how the transition and diffusion of power in global politics is impacting on stability and order in East and Southeast Asia. Both in the academic field of International Relations (IR) and among policymakers, the big question today concerns the rise of China, the...

To Be Published August 7th 2013 by Routledge

The Arms Race in Asia

Trends, Concepts and Implications

By Andrew T.H. Tan

Series: Asian Security Studies

This book is the first systematic examination of the emerging arms race in Asia. The global trade in arms is to a large degree underpinned by the strong demand for arms in Asia and the Middle East, the two largest arms export markets in the world. Of these two regions, Asia has become...

To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge

Understanding Security Practices in South Asia

Securitization Theory and the Role of Non-State Actors

By Monika Barthwal-Datta

Series: Asian Security Studies

This book explores the ways in which non-state actors (NSAs) in South Asia are involved in securitizing non-traditional security challenges in the region at the sub-state level. South Asia is the epicentre of some of the most significant international security challenges today. Yet, the...

Published April 10th 2012 by Routledge

China's Challenges to Human Security

Foreign Relations and Global Implications

Edited by Guoguang Wu

Series: China Policy Series

This book looks at human security in China’s foreign relations. It discusses the concept and theory of human security, and their implications for China. The book goes on to analyse environmental security issues, including climate change and water resources, as well as looking at issues from an...

Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge

Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia

Architecture and Beyond

Edited by T.J. Pempel, Chung-Min Lee

Series: Politics in Asia

Defining and conceptualizing Northeast Asia’s security complex poses unique quandaries. The security architecture in Northeast Asia to date has been predominately U.S.-dominated bilateral alliances, weak institutional structures and the current Six Party Talks dealing with the North Korean nuclear...

Published June 6th 2012 by Routledge

The Economy-Security Nexus in Northeast Asia

Edited by T.J. Pempel

Series: Politics in Asia

The dynamics of Northeast Asia have traditionally been considered primarily in military and hard security terms or alternatively along their economic dimensions. This book argues that relations among the states of Northeast Asia are far more comprehensible when the mutually shaping interactions...

Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge

Bilateralism, Multilateralism and Asia-Pacific Security

Contending Cooperation

Edited by William Tow, Brendan Taylor

Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

Many scholars of international relations in Asia regard bilateralism and multilateralism as alternative and mutually exclusive approaches to security co-operation. They argue that multilateral associations such as ASEAN will eventually replace the system of bilateral alliances which were the...

Published March 18th 2013 by Routledge

Human Security and Climate Change in Southeast Asia

Managing Risk and Resilience

Edited by Lorraine Elliott, Mely Caballero-Anthony

Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

This book makes an important and timely contribution to debates about the relationship between climate change and security in Southeast Asia. It does so through a human security lens, drawing on local and regional expertise to discuss the threats that climate change poses to human security in...

Published August 5th 2012 by Routledge

Maritime Challenges and Priorities in Asia

Implications for Regional Security

Edited by Joshua Ho, Sam Bateman

Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

Maritime issues are particularly important for Asian countries, where there is a high reliance on shipping routes for international trade, many difficult disputes over maritime boundaries, and the prospect of increasing tensions where maritime power might play a significant role. This book uses...

Published June 14th 2012 by Routledge

Negotiating with North Korea

The Six Party Talks and the Nuclear Issue

By Leszek Buszynski

Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

North Korea’s nuclear weapons program has provoked much apprehension in the international community in recent years. The Six Party Talks were convened in 2003 to prevent North Korea from developing nuclear weapons. They brought together the US, China, Russia, Japan as well as North and South Korea...

To Be Published June 13th 2013 by Routledge

Nuclear Power and Energy Security in Asia

Edited by Rajesh Basrur, Koh Swee Lean Collin

Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

The rising demand for energy, the higher costs of oil and gas, and the association of fossil fuels with adverse climate change have all brought a renewed interest in nuclear energy. Nuclear power, however, is itself controversial, because of its costs, its environmental effects and the security...

Published June 14th 2012 by Routledge

The Politics of Refugees in South Asia

Identity, Resistance, Manipulation

By Navine Murshid

Series: Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies

Partition and post-colonial migrations – sometimes voluntary, often forced – have created borders in South Asia that serve to oppress rather than protect. Migrants and refugees feel their real home lies beyond the border, and liberation struggles continue the quest for freedoms that have proven to...

To Be Published September 11th 2013 by Routledge

Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Asia

Legacies and Prevention

Edited by Deborah Mayersen, Annie Pohlman

Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

The twentieth century has been labelled the ‘century of genocide’, and according to estimates, more than 250 million civilians were victims of genocide and mass atrocities during this period. This book provides one of the first regional perspectives on mass atrocities in Asia, by exploring the...

Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge

The Transition to National Armies in the Former Soviet Republics, 1988-2005

By Jesse Paul Lehrke

Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

This book looks at the militaries of the late-Soviet and post-Soviet republics. Beginning with the end of the Soviet era, it recognises that the successor states did not spring from nowhere, but inherited a legacy that influenced all that followed. The book discusses how politicians control the...

Published November 25th 2012 by Routledge

Transitional Justice in South Asia

A Study of Afghanistan and Nepal

By Tazreena Sajjad

Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

Offering a comparative case study of transitional justice processes in Afghanistan and Nepal, this book critically evaluates the way the "local" is consulted in post-conflict efforts toward peace and reconciliation. It argues that there is a tendency in transitional justice efforts to contain the...

Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge

Human Trafficking in Cambodia

By Chenda Keo

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Reporting the findings of a comprehensive study of human trafficking in Cambodia, this book focuses on the characteristics and operations of the traffickers. It provides a theoretical framework that explains the emergence of the phenomenon, and the role of moral panic and western hegemony in the...

To Be Published October 15th 2013 by Routledge

Propaganda and Political Warfare in South Asia

India and Anglo-American Relations during WWII

By Arnold Kaminsky

Series: Routledge Studies in South Asian History

Propaganda and Political Warfare in South Asia investigates some of the institutions and strategies that evolved during World War II with regard to British India. It identifies the bureaucratic mechanisms in place during the war to handle questions related to propaganda and the Raj in England,...

To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge

India in South Asia

Domestic Identity Politics and Foreign Policy from Nehru to the BJP

By Sinderpal Singh

Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

South Asia is one of the most volatile regions of the world, and India’s complex democratic political system impinges on its relations with its South Asian neighbours. Focusing on this relationship, this book explores the extent to which domestic politics affect a country’s foreign policy. The book...

Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge

Managing Regional Energy Vulnerabilities in East Asia

Case Studies

Edited by Daojiong Zha

Series: Routledge/Warwick Studies in Globalisation

This book examines East Asia’s inter-state collaborative energy projects to address energy vulnerability. It focuses on projects that have demonstrated effectiveness in addressing vulnerabilities faced by the ten states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China, Japan, and South Korea...

Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge

Japan's Security Identity

From a Peace-State to an International-State

By Bhubhindar Singh

Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

Since the end of the Cold War, there has been a significant change in Japanese security policy, as Japan’s security identity has shifted from a peace state, to an international state. In this book, Bhubhindar Singh argues that from the 1990s onwards, the Japanese security policymaking elite...

Published November 15th 2012 by Routledge

Asia, the US and Extended Nuclear Deterrence

Atomic Umbrellas in the Twenty-First Century

By Andrew O'Neil

Since the end of the Cold War, significant attention has focussed on the issue of nuclear deterrence and in particular whether formal nuclear security guarantees from nuclear weapons states to non-nuclear weapons states involving the possible use of nuclear weapons have a place in the twenty-first...

Published March 7th 2013 by Routledge

China's Emergence as a Defense Technological Power

Edited by Tai Ming Cheung

China is flexing its growing military and strategic clout in the pursuit of broadening national security interests. At the same time, the country’s economic and technology policies have also become more nationalistic, state-centered, and ambitious. China’s defense economy has set its sights on...

Published December 16th 2012 by Routledge

The Korean War at Sixty

New Approaches to the Study of the Korean War

Edited by Steven Casey

Korea used to be the ‘forgotten war.’ Now, however, experts widely view it as a pivotal moment in the history of the Cold War, while its legacy still scars contemporary East Asian politics. The sixtieth anniversary of the Korean War is a fitting time both to assess the current state of...

Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge

The Maoist Movement in India

Perspectives and Counterperspectives

Edited by Santosh Paul

This book presents the raging debate on one of the most brutal political realities that India has confronted in recent years: the rising conflict between Maoist insurgent groups and the Indian State. With some of the finest writings on the subject, it brings together articles and interviews from...

Published February 20th 2013 by Routledge India

The Routledge Atlas of South Asian Affairs

By Robert W. Bradnock

South Asia has developed from a group of newly independent post-Colonial states of at most secondary importance to the wider world to its current position as a region of central strategic importance to both global economic development and world peace and stability. This Atlas highlights the global...

To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge