Description
This book is about regional security in the Third World and how it differs from the way it is viewed in the developed world. It discusses the concept of regional security and how it is different in the Third World than in the developed world. It also discusses how regional security in the Third World often means security for the prevailing regime, which is often narrowly based, and which sees clinging to power as its main objective. The book also looks at organizations such as the ASEAN and the Arab League and their attempts to strengthen regional security.
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.
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