Arms, Transparency and Security in South-East Asia

by Gill, Bates; Mak, J. N.

• ISBN13: 9780198292852
• ISBN10: 0198292856
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-07-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Drawing together the work of eight experts on the arms trade and Asia-Pacific security affairs, Arms Trade, Transparency and Security in South-East Asia presents analysis and extensive data related to the arms trade and defence policy transparency mechanisms in South-East Asia. It also includes a de facto regional arms register for South-East Asia covering the period 1970-96, and will prove useful to security analysts and policy-makers seeking new approaches to transparency and confidence-building in South-East Asia.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(1)
Acknowledgements	x	(1)
Acronyms	xi
1. Introduction	1	(9)
Bates Gill
J. N. Mak
I. Setting the scene	1	(2)
II. Basic principles and definitions	3	(4)
III. Concepts, conditions and new approaches	7	(3)
2. A conceptual framework for arms trade transparency in South-East Asia	10	(15)
Edward J. Laurance
I. Introduction	10	(1)
II. Theoretical framework	10	(9)
III. Regional approaches to arms trade transparency	19	(3)
IV. Conclusions: the next steps	22	(3)
Figure 2.1. Theoretical framework for an arms register as a confidence-building measure	11
Figure 2.2. Arms build-ups and conflict: a basic model	12
3. The strategic environment and arms acquisitions in South-East Asia	25	(13)
Russ Swinnerton
I. Introduction	25	(1)
II. Defining features	25	(8)
III. Justifying arms acquisitions in South-East Asia	33	(3)
IV. Building confidence and trust	36	(2)
Table 3.1. Disputed maritime claims and boundaries in South-East Asia	26
Figure 3.1. SLOCs in South-East Asia	31
Figure 3.2. Indonesian proposals for SLOCs in South-East Asia	32
4. The `ASEAN way' and transparency in South-East Asia	38	(11)
J. N. Mak
I. Introduction	38	(1)
II. Arms, multilateralism and the ASEAN way	39	(5)
III. Approaches to arms-related transparency	44	(3)
IV. Conclusions	47	(2)
5. Defence cooperation and transparency in South-East Asia	49	(14)
Amitav Acharya
I. Introduction	49	(1)
II. The evolution of defence cooperation in ASEAN	49	(9)
III. Objectives and functions	58	(2)
IV. Problems and prospects	60	(3)
6. Defining legitimate and unwarranted military acquisitions in South-East Asia	63	(16)
Bates Gill
I. Introduction	63	(1)
II. The current context	63	(2)
III. Areas of consensus	65	(7)
IV. Points of departure	72	(5)
V. Conclusions	77	(2)
Table 6.1. Participation by select countries of the Asia-Pacific region in agreements and treaties limiting the development and procurement of certain weapons, as of 1 January 1997	66
Table 6.2. Participation in the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, 1992-94, by participants in the ASEAN Regional Forum	70
Table 6.3. Maritime defence missions in South-East Asia	76
Table 6.4. South-East Asian maritime missions by country	76
Table 6.5. Legitimate acquisitions for given missions in South-East Asia	77
7. Development of defence White Papers in the Asia-Pacific region	79	(14)
Kang Choi
Panitan Wattanayagorn
I. Introduction	79	(1)
II. Definition, function and evaluation	80	(3)
III. Summary of Asia-Pacific defence White Papers	83	(4)
IV. The case of Thailand	87	(3)
V. Conclusions	90	(3)
Table 7.1. A model form for a defence White Paper	83
8. Developing an arms register: the SIPRI experience	93	(8)
Siemon T. Wezeman
I. Introduction	93	(1)
II. The SIPRI register	94	(1)
Table 8.1. Categories and sub-categories of major conventional weapons included in the annual SIPRI arms trade registers	95
Table 8.2. Examples of sources and information: the case of the Thai light combat aircraft, 1990-95	96
Appendix. A de facto arms trade register for South-East Asia, 1975-96	101	(40)
Siemon T. Wezeman
the SIPRI Arms Transfers Project
About the contributors	141	(2)
Index	143