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"This book explores the privatization of space and its global impact on the future of commerce, peace and conflict. As space becomes more congested, contested, and competitive in the government and the private arenas, the talk around space research moves past NASA's monopoly on academic and cultural imaginations to discuss how Elon Musk's Space X and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is making space 'cool' again. This volume addresses the new rhetoric of space race and weaponization, with a focus on how the costs of potential conflict in space would discourage open conflict and enable global cooperation. It highlights the increasing dependence of the global economy on space research, its democratization, plunging costs of access, and growing economic potential of space-based assets. Thoughtful, nuanced, well-documented, this book is a must read for scholars and researchers of science and technology studies, space studies, political studies, sociology, environmental studies, and political economy. It will also be of much interest to policy makers, bureaucrats, think-tanks, as well as the interested general reader looking for fresh perspectives on the future of space"--

Space industrialization. --- Peace-building --- Economic aspects. --- Outer space --- Strategic aspects.

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"Over the past forty years, East Asia has been radically transformed from a war damaged sub-continent to a region of global pre-eminence. With new, highly developed scientific resources, great economic strengths, significant global trading links and equally powerful financial resources, East Asia is now one of the most dynamic regions in the global system. This book illuminates the historical development trajectory and contemporary circumstances of the countries of the region. Embracing a cross-disciplinary perspective, it summarises the history of the region and goes on to focus upon the rise of East Asia since the ruins of the Pacific War. Analysing the region's basic strengths and the distinctive elite development strategies across the various countries, it also examines areas of domestic, intra-regional and international conflict. It covers the basic ground of political economy, society, culture and politics, whilst also taking care to locate the contemporary region in its own history and asking, what further change can be expected in the future?Providing an excellent introduction to the study of the region, this book is an important read for students and scholars of East Asian politics, history and development."

Nationalism --- Economic development --- Information technology --- Economic aspects. --- East Asia --- Strategic aspects. --- Commerce. --- Economic conditions

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In recent times, the United States, Japan and Australia have all promoted extremely similar visions of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific as the central organizing concept to guide their efforts in the region. The concept is essentially a reaffirmation of the security and economic rules-based order which was cobbled together after the Second World War - especially as it relates to freedom of the regional and global commons such as sea, air and cyberspace, and the way nations conduct economic relations. Be that as it may, the Free and Open Indo-Pacific is an updated vision of collective action to defend, strengthen and advance that order. It signals a greater acceptance by the two regional allies of the U.S. of their security burden and takes into account the realities of China's rise and the relative decline in dominance of the U.S. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its member states continue to delay any definitive response to the Free and Open Indo-Pacific concept. Although its principles are attractive to many ASEAN member states, long-held conceptions of ASEAN centrality and its meaning gives the organization apparent reason for hesitation. The reasons include fears of diminished centrality and relevance, and reluctance to endorse a more confrontational mindset being adopted by the U.S. and its allies - including the revival of the Quadrilateral grouping with India - with respect to China. The reality is that while ASEAN and major member states are focused primarily on the risks of action, there are considerable risks of inaction and hesitation. The current era will either enhance or lessen the relevance of ASEAN in the eyes of these three countries in the years ahead depending on how the organisation and its key member states respond. Indeed, this Trends paper argues that ASEAN is more likely to be left behind by strategic events and developments if it remains passive, and that the ball is in ASEAN's court in terms of the future of its regional 'centrality'.

International Economics. --- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics. --- ASEAN --- Association of Southeast Asian nations --- Economic conditions. --- Indo-Pacific Region --- Southeast Asia --- Indian Ocean --- Pacific Ocean --- Asia, Southeast --- Asia, Southeastern --- South East Asia --- Southeastern Asia --- Strategic aspects. --- Foreign relations --- Politics and government.

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The United States must determine how best to promote long-term security and stability in the Persian Gulf region while seeking to reduce the risks and costs imposed by its role as a permanent regional power. The author analyzes Iraq's future, the role of Iran, asymmetric threats, regional reassurance, regional tensions, and the roles of other external actors. He then sets out criteria and requirements for a new regional security structure.

#SBIB:327.5H11 --- #SBIB:327.6H01 --- #SBIB:328H512 --- Security, International --- Collective security --- International security --- International relations --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace --- Collectieve veiligheid --- Internationale en diplomatieke relaties: specifieke conflicten --- Instellingen en beleid: Midden-Oosten / landen in het Midden-Oosten --- Persian Gulf Region --- Strategic aspects. --- PeaceCollectieve veiligheid --- Instellingen en beleid: Midden-Oosten / landen in het Midden-OostenPersian Gulf RegionStrategic aspects. --- E-books --- Persian Gulf Region -- Strategic aspects. --- Security, International -- Persian Gulf Region.

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Conventional wisdom asserts that resource-scarce states have the strongest interest in securing control over resources. Counterintuitively, this book finds that, under certain conditions, the opposite is true. Perils of Plenty argues that what states make influences what they want to take. Specifically, the more economically dependent states are on extracting income from resource rents, the stronger their preferences to secure control over resources will be. This theory is tested with a set of case studies analyzing states' reactions to the 2007 exogenous climate shock that exposed energy resources in the Arctic. This book finds that some states, such as Russia and Norway, responded to the shock by dramatically increasing their Arctic military presence, while others, such as the United States, Canada, and Denmark, did not.

Energy development --- Security, International --- Geopolitics --- Political aspects --- Arctic regions --- Strategic aspects. --- Military policy --- Economic aspects. --- World politics --- Collective security --- International security --- International relations --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace --- Energy resources development --- Energy source development --- Power resources development --- Power resources --- Arctic --- Arctic Ocean Region --- Arctic, The --- Far North --- The Arctic --- Polar regions