POLS 261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Association Of Southeast Asian Nations, East Asia Summit, Security Dilemma
29 Aug 2016
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China"s rise, military competition in the asia pacific, and the security dilemma - liff and ikenberry. Changing distribution of material capabilities - region wide economic growth, surging military spending, and military modernization. Intensity of its security dilemma is contingent upon several situation variables - uncertainty, misperceptions, strategic mistrust, and failure to establish credible assurances of restraint. Evidence of security dilemma -driven military competition in the asia pacific. Military competition is primarily driven by identifiable conflicts of interests. Government rhetoric and other measures taken to enhance military capabilities affects assessment of another"s intention to destabilize peace. Either side could reduce the perceived need for mutual arming to significantly reduce the risks of miscalculation or unintended escalation. Self-understood defensively oriented policies are generating insecurity and military responses on the other side that make both countries less secure and trigger new rounds of competition. Open up a bargaining space for reciprocal stels to manage and moderate potentially.
