Regional Security in the Third World: Case Studies from Southeast Asia and the Middle East

ISBN-13: 9780415849289 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 292 str.

Mohammed Ayoob

Opis

This reissue, first published in 1986, argues that there is a radical difference between the use of the term 'Regional Security' when applied to the Third World rather than the developed world. It explores the concept of regional security and shows how items which make for regional security in the developed world - such as strong cohesive states or the linking of a state's security to the international security system - are absent in the Third World. It goes on to analyse these arguments in relation to a series of case studies from the Middle East and South-East Asia, arguing that security in Third World states often means security for the prevailing regime, which is often narrowly based, and which sees clinging to power as its main objective. It concludes by examining organisations such as the ASEAN and the Arab League which were set up to strengthen regional security and attempts to assess the successes and failures of these organisations.

Spis treści

Part I: Regional Security, the Third World and World Order  1. Regional Security and the Third World  2. Regional Security and World Order in the 1980s  Part II: Intra-state Dimensions of Regional Security  3.Internal Dimensions of Regional Security in Southeast Asia  4. Internal Cleavages and Regional Conflict: the Case of Lebanon  Part III: Inter-state Dimensions of Regional Security  5. The Kampuchean Conflict and Regional Security  6. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A View from Cairo   7. The Iran-Iraq War: Regime Security and Regional Security  Part IV: Global Dimensions of Regional Security  8. Superpowers and Regional Security in Southeast Asia  9. The Superpowers and Regional Security in the Middle East  Part V: Regional Organisation and Regional Security  10. ASEAN and Regional Security  11. The Gulf Co-operation Council and Regional Security  12. The Arab League: Between Regime Security and National Liberation