Non-Traditional Security in Asia examines the
critical security challenges faced by states and
societies in Asia including health, food, water, natural
disasters, internal conflict, forced migration, energy,
transnational crime, and cyber security. Through the
development of a comprehensive analytical framework that
establishes the key ingredients to policy evaluation,
the editors draw on a wide variety of experts to
collaborate in investigating these crucial issues. This
inclusive framework ensures that all voices are heard
including those oftentimes under-represented and
marginalized in society to ensure that academic and
policy debates are well informed about the often complex
and nuanced nature of these non-traditional security
challenges. Through an investigation into these specific
non-traditional security threats, Non-Traditional
Security in Asia documents and evaluates many of the
most pressing challenges faced by Asia today. The
authors analyse the ways in which particular issues are
addressed by the many stakeholders involved in the
policy-making process, both within governments and
across societies. The question of how these challenges
are addressed across and between the different levels of
global governance highlights the strengths and weakness
that are directly attributable to policy successes and
failures. It is through this layered and comprehensive
approach, together with an evaluation of the role of
stakeholders, which binds together the chapter
contributions to this collection. The book undertakes an
issue-specific chapter study of how Asian states and
societies address these non-traditional security
concerns from environmental adaptation and mitigation
measures to conflict resolution. For each issue area, it
identifies and explains the concerns of various policy
communities, identifying the motivations behind some of
the key decisions made to affect change or stabilize the
status quo. Essentially it questions not only what a
security issue is but also for whom the issue is
important and the interaction this has with policy
outcomes. With a focus on regional and global
institutions as well as national and local ones, this
collection illustrates the variety of stakeholders
involved in non-traditional security concerns, and
reflects on their relative importance in the
decision-making process. Through a systematic evaluation
of these non-traditional security issues by employing a
comprehensive analytical framework, critical
appreciation of the dynamics of the policy-making
process surrounding issues of crucial national, regional
and international significance in Asia are made. As a
result of sharing these insights, the contributors
provide the tools as well as a selection of
issue-specific stakeholders to illuminate the key but
complex characteristics of non-traditional security in
Asia.
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