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Controlling Arms and Terror in the Asia Pacific

After Bali and Baghdad

9781845424053 Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited by Marika Vicziany, Monash University, Australia
Publication Date: 2007 ISBN: 978 1 84542 405 3 Extent: 320 pp
Years after 9/11, the Global War on Terror is still not over. The deepening crisis in Iraq has been accompanied by rising violence in Asia, as the bombings in Indonesia show. The 18 specialists and policymakers who have contributed to this book assess how the security scenario in the Asia Pacific has changed in response to these events.

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Years after 9/11, the Global War on Terror is still not over. The deepening crisis in Iraq has been accompanied by rising violence in Asia, as the bombings in Indonesia show. The 18 specialists and policymakers who have contributed to this book assess how the security scenario in the Asia Pacific has changed in response to these events.

The Asia Pacific is rent by communal conflicts that have generated local jihads, which fuel regional and global jihads. This book assesses state responses to terrorism, paying attention to neglected factors such as money laundering, the emerging role of the EU, the growing fear of the US and increasing concern about the way anti-terrorist legislation curtails civil liberties. With the benefit of extensive fieldwork and access to unique sources in many languages, the contributors analyze key features of the local security scenarios. Pakistan’s precarious situation is explored here from many angles, including Islamic militancy, the role of the military and the peace process with India. Again, domestic failures support regional and global terror. Regional anti-terrorist collaboration is also hampered by South-east Asia’s counter-terrorism dilemmas, setbacks in the Philippine–US security relationship, the Asian arms race, and growing fears of the US National Missile Defence system and how this system will be perceived by China. The history of state sponsored terrorism and millenarian ideology are crucial to these regional scenarios. The latter, in the particular form of Japan’s Aum Shinrikyo movement, reminds us that militant Islamists are not uniquely destructive.

An important addition to the literature on terrorism and security, this in-depth and comprehensive analysis of a complex and increasingly unstable region will be welcomed by political scientists, scholars, policymakers, and those seeking a better understanding of whether the Global War on Terror has changed the security architecture of the Asia Pacific in a positive way.
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‘. . . well-thought-out approach to the topic and the presentation of needed, broad and deep insights. This volume provides an important overview of material on and related to controlling arms and terror in the Asia Pacific.’
– Ilan Kelman, Pacific Affairs
Contributors
Contributors: A. Acharya, K.C. Beazley, F. Bokhari, C.G.L. Donnelly, A. Durrani, P. Hoodbhoy, C. Kopp, L. Laakso, O. Mendelsohn, N.M. Morada, S.D. Muni, K.S. Nathan, T. Sakamoto, B. Sheppard, K. Srinivasan, M. Vicziany, D. Wright-Neville, S. Yasmeen
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Contents:

PART I: REGIONAL POLICIES AND STRATEGIES
1. What Has Changed, and What Has Not Changed, Since 9/9?
Marika Vicziany

2. Money Laundering and Security
Kannan Srinivasan

3. The Role of the European Union in Asian Security
Liisa Laakso

4. The Legal Response of India, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia to 9/11
Oliver Mendelsohn

5. Deadly Discourse: Reflections on Terrorism and Security in an Age of Fear
Amitav Acharya

PART II: CASE STUDIES ON SECURITY ISSUES IN THE ASIA PACIFIC
6. Islamic Militancy and Pakistan: Domestic and Global Implications
Samina Yasmeen

7. Musharraf and Controlling Terrorism
Farhan Bokhari

8. Deconstructing Muslim Terrorism
Pervez Hoodbhoy

9. The Indo–Pakistan Peace Process and the China Factor
Asad Durrani

10. South-east Asia’s Counter-terrorism Dilemma
David Wright-Neville

11. South-east Asian Responses to Arms and Terror
K.S. Nathan

12. Progress and Setbacks in Philippine–US Security Relations
Noel M. Morada

13. Counter-terrorism Legislation in the Philippines
Charles G.L. Donnelly

14. Issues in South Asian Terrorism
S.D. Muni

15. Missile Proliferation in India and Pakistan
Ben Sheppard

16. The Role of Russian Industry in the Asian Arms Race
Carlo Kopp

17. China, the United States and National Missile Defence: An Australian Perspective
Kim C. Beazley

18. Japan’s Experience with Terrorism
Takashi Sakamoto

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