Asia's deadly triangle : how arms, energy and growth threaten to destabilize Asia-Pacific
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書誌事項
Asia's deadly triangle : how arms, energy and growth threaten to destabilize Asia-Pacific
Nicholas Brealey, 1997
- : pbk
大学図書館所蔵 全20件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Asia, with its new-found affluence as the world's lowest-cost and highest-quality manufacturer, is devoting much of its windfall profits to arms. Growth and emerging energy shortages are giving birth to dangerous new tensions. In a great "arc of crisis" stretching from Taiwan to China and from South Korea to Japan, defence spending is significantly higher than that of post-Soviet Russia. Asian nations, including India, are rapidly developing new long-range strike capacities as legions of new missiles and aircraft become operational. This arms race is troubling not only for its pace - rapid even by classic Middle-Eastern standards of the 1960s and 1970s - but also for its technological level which is alarmingly high, with high-performance missiles proliferating. The build-up is fuelled by the economic as well as strategic interest of local Asian arms producers, whose deadly exports of Silkworm and Rodong missiles provoke instability throughout the world.
This study explores the linkage between the area's economic growth and its extreme lack of energy resources - it is the world's largest energy importer - and how these energy insecurities are leading Asia swiftly towards a struggle for off-shore oil and nuclear energy, just a short step away from nuclear armament. The author shows how close Japan is to having nuclear weapons, and speculates on the capacities of North and South Korea, China and Taiwan. The history of the region is laden with conflict, and the author explains how these tumultuous age-old relationships will affect the area's volatility today. The book provides an overview of where each country is headed politically, and states what role the West should play in these developments.
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