International Security in the Asia-Pacific Transcending ASEAN toward
This volume argues that international security in the Asia-Pacific lends itself to contradictory analyses of centrifugal and centripetal trends. Transitional polycentrism is intrinsically awkward as a description of the security of states and their popula
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EDITED BY ALAN CHONG
International Security in the Asia-Pacific
Alan Chong Editor
International Security in the Asia-Pacific Transcending ASEAN towards Transitional Polycentrism
Editor Alan Chong S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Nanyang Technological University Singapore
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Acknowledgements
The idea for this edited volume was born from my teaching commitments to the Singapore Armed Forces’ (SAF) Goh Keng Swee Command and Staff College (GKSCSC) between 2010 and 2015. Part of the curriculum for middle and senior ranking military officers comprised sequenced lectures and tutorials on current Asia-Pacific international security topics. It was felt that the officers’ learning would be enhanced by instituting an annual GKSCSC Seminar that served as a capstone learning event that would be co-organised by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies of the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, the SAFNTU Academy, and GKSCSC itself. Officers completing their GKSCSC stints would thus be fully imbued with awareness of the geopolitical contexts in which they would be engaged in defence diplomacy and multinational exercises. I am grateful to all three aforementioned organizations for hosting the event known as ‘GKSCSC Seminar 2014: International Security in the Asia-Pacific’ and providing the logist
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