Security Strategies in the Asia-Pacific: The United States' ''Second Front '' in Southeast Asia

✍ Scribed by Andrew T H Tan

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 273
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

After 9/11, the U.S.-led global war on terrorism has intruded into an already complex security environment in the Malay archipelago, home to the world’s largest population of Muslims, with the potential to catalyze or unleash further dynamics that could destabilize the region. This book argues that, given the existence of a discrete Malay archipelago security complex, with its security linkages and interactive dynamics, it is a fallacy for the United States to approach this region primarily through the prism of global counter-terrorism. Instead, any strategic policy towards the region needs to be founded upon a deep appreciation of the existing Malay archipelago security complex. 

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 8
1 Security and Terrorism in the Malay Archipelago......Page 10
2 Terrorism......Page 30
3 Insurgencies......Page 66
4 Maritime Security......Page 100
5 Great Power Rivalries......Page 136
6 The Regional Arms Buildup......Page 166
7 Conclusion......Page 188
Notes......Page 202
Bibliography......Page 252
Index......Page 266