Arms, Money, and Security: Southeast Asia’s Growing Importance as an Arms Market

• Main Authors: Bitzinger, Richard A., Maharani, Curie
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82584; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40125
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Due to its openness and recent growth, Southeast Asia is an increasingly critical market for arms exporters. At the same time, however, it is reasonable to question whether these arms purchases directly serve military requirements and whether they may unintentionally increase the “security dilemma”...