Globalization Impetus to Asia-Pacific Security Ideas: A Theoretical Endeavor
Author: Wen-Chih Lee
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Since the 1990s, Globalization has been the main dynamics influencing thedevelopment of world system. The trends of globalization were also reflected inthe change of the Asia-Pacific security systems. Among them, the “East-Asiafinancial crisis” and the “911 terrorist attacks” both do deeply influence thedevelopment of Asia-Pacific security systems. Such situations make theseconventional ideas like Common Security, Cooperative Security andComprehensive Security defective. Even though these three concepts have longbeen discussed inside the issues of Asia-Pacific security systems, they should beregenerated to accommodate new challenges in the era of globalization. Thearticle first reveals how the trends of globalization condition the development ofAsia-Pacific security systems and then argues that the new integrative idea “Neo-Comprehensive Security System” would be a better guideline on the security issuesfor countries around Asia-Pacific.