Asian Security in the Age of Globalization by Lui Hebron - 9780813344607

Asian Security in the Age of GlobalizationAuthor(s): Lui Hebron\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: Westview Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780813344607, 978-0813344607\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the security challenges and opportunities that the nation-states of Asia confront in an era of globalization. \n\nWith consideration of the increasingly border-less nature of international relations via the integrative process of globalization, this book explores the emerging threats to regional and national security in Asia. It looks beyond traditional military threats, analysing non-traditional aspects of security including economic, social, environmental, transnational, energy, health concerns and threats posed by organized-crime groups. Its approach is organized both theoretically and, in a country-specific, case study form which provides contemporary examples of the threats faced in the region. By acknowledging that contemporary Asian security has b.