The book focuses on the main security threats, defence industry, arms trade, defence policies and military capabilities related issues in the Asia-Pacific region.

The security environment in the Asia-Pacific : the context for arming /Richard A. Bitzinger -- The politiciasation of archaeology in border demarcation conflict in the Asia Pacific region / Like Hally -- The Philippine defence-development-disaster sercurity paradigm / Ava Avila and ron Matthews -- Dual-neutrality for the Koreans : a two-pronged approach toward reunification / Pascal Lottaz and Heinz Gartner -- Evaluating civil-military relationship for effective procurement decision-making : the case of two fighter jet procurements of the Republic of Korea / r Hanoel Lee -- The challenges in buyer-supplier relationship for technological absorption capability in international defence : the case of Southeast Asia / Kogila Balakrishnan and Zsolt Lazar -- Made in India : an aspiring brand on global arms bazaar -- Imagining maritime conflict in the Indo-Pacific : can analogies substitute for strategy? / James J. Wirtz.