Contents

pp iii-iv

List of Figures and Tables

pp v-v

Notes on Contributors

pp vi-ix

Acknowledgements

pp x-xii

1 - Introduction: Asian Military Evolutions – Entrenching Varieties of Civil–Military Relations and Their Security Initiatives in Asia

pp 1-26

Part I - Southeast Asia

pp 27-28

2 - Fostering Developmental Guardianship: The Case of Myanmar’s Tatmadaw

pp 29-45

3 - Business as Usual despite Reform: The Indonesian Military under Jokowi

pp 46-67

4 - Militarizing Governance: Informal Civil–Military Relations and Democratic Erosion in the Philippines

pp 68-89

5 - Mind the Gap: The Curious Case of Everyday Civil–Military Relations in Singapore

pp 90-109

6 - The Role of the Malaysian Armed Forces in Defence Diplomacy: A Foreign Policy Outworking of Civil–Military Relations in Malaysia

pp 110-128

7 - The Architecture and Evolution of Civil–Military Relations in Vietnam

pp 129-148

8 - The Stubborn Illiberalism and Trialectical Dynamics of Thailand’s Civil–Military Relations

pp 149-169

9 - Peacekeeping: An Emerging Area of Southeast Asia’s Defence and Security Cooperation?

pp 170-194

Part II - Northeast Asia

pp 195-196

10 - Subjective Conditional Control: Return of the Strongman in China’s Party–Army Relations

pp 197-228

11 - Military and Politics in Patrimonial North Korea

pp 229-247

12 - Curing National Insecurity through Developmental Authoritarianism in South Korea’s Civil–Military Relations

pp 248-271

13 - Image Makeover: The Military Evolution of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces

pp 272-292

Part III - South Asia

pp 293-294

14 - The Deficient Evolution of Civil–Military Relations in India

pp 295-319

15 - Defence Diplomacy and Civil–Military Relations: The Case of Bangladesh

pp 320-339

16 - Conclusion: Asian Military Evolutions as a Contribution to Civil–Military Relations Thought

pp 340-348

Index

pp 349-354