East Asia Imperilled: Transnational Challenges to Security

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Cambridge University Press, Oct 15, 2001 - Political Science - 336 pages
Security issues have traditionally been defined in military terms, yet the post-Cold War security landscape contains numerous non-military challenges to security. In this 2001 analysis, Alan Dupont argues that an emerging new class of non-military threats has the potential to destabilize East Asia and reverse decades of hard-won economic and social development. He shows that these transnational shifts must be grasped and dealt with by governments and non-government organizations both regionally, and internationally, if conflict is to be avoided. Transnational threats stem from overpopulation, deforestation and pollution, global warming, unregulated population movements, transnational crime, virulent new strains of infectious diseases and other issues not previously associated with international security. Collectively they represent a new agenda and pose novel challenges for foreign and defence policy. This highly informative, compelling and authoritative book is essential reading for East Asia specialists and makes a significant contribution to international security debates.
 

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Contents

Transnational Issues and Security
11
Environmental Scarcity
31
Population and Conflict
33
Deforestation Pollution and Climate Change
45
Will There Be an Energy Gap?
67
Is a Food Crisis Likely?
87
Water Wars
110
Unregulated Population Movements
131
Peoplesmuggling Undocumented Labour Migration and Environmental Refugees
151
Transnational Crime and AIDS
169
Transnational Crime
171
Drugtrafficking An Emerging Threat
192
The AIDS Pandemic
210
Conclusion
226
Notes
242
Index
318

Unregulated Population Movements Ethnic Conflict and the State
133

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