Arms races in Asia?

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Loo, Bernard Fook Weng
• مؤلفون آخرون: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• التنسيق: Commentary
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2011
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Social sciences::Military and naval science
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/91203; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6640
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

An arms race has several characteristics, two of which are increased defence spending and rapid military modernisation. While some Asian countries are rapidly modernising their militaries, it might be premature to call this an arms race.