This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the global diffusion of the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) and its impact on military innovation in small states. Over the past two decades, there has been an intense academic debate over an emerging paradigm shift in the character and conduct of warfare - the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA). Driven largely by the quantum leaps in information and communications technologies and amplified by the changing character of conflicts of the post-Cold War era, RMA proponents have argued.

1. Introduction : debating military innovation and small states -- 2. The "six waves" of RMA theory, process, and debate -- 3. Creating a reverse asymmetry : military innovation concepts, issues, and debates int he IDF -- 4. Searching for security, autonomy, and independence : the challenge of military innovation in the ROK armed forces -- 5. A structured-phased evolution : the 3G+ force transformation of the SAF -- 6. Military innovation paths and patterns of small states : comparative assessments -- 7. Conclusion : theoretical and policy implications.