Asia's Dangerous Security Dilemma

2010 ◽  
Vol 109 (728) ◽  
pp. 264-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Godwin
Keyword(s):  
Security Dilemma ◽  
Regional Stability ◽  
Military Modernization ◽  
The Military

The military modernization that Beijing regards as defensive is provoking apprehension and countermoves. The resulting dynamic could threaten the regional stability that all sides want.

Enemy Images

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas J. Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽  
Mass Destruction ◽  
Security Dilemma ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Military

This chapter examines how enemy images are produced and reproduced in relations between two enemies. It identifies four drivers of security competition that block the development of trust. These are: (1) the security dilemma; (2) the problem of offence–defence differentiation; (3) peaceful/defensive self-images; (4) ideological fundamentalism; and (5) uncertainty about future intentions. Using examples such as the military stand-off on the Korean peninsula and the Libyan dismantlement of weapons of mass destruction, the chapter shows how hard it is for face-to-face diplomacy to change enemy images. It also examines the problem of ‘future uncertainty’—the problem of what happens if successor leaders do not share the trust of their predecessors and have malign intent.

scholarly journals Strategic Uncertainty in Indias Nuclear Doctrine: Collusive Threat, Implications for Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol V (II) ◽  
pp. 57-68
Author(s):  
Muhammad Umer Hayat ◽  
Alina Zaid ◽  
Farrukh Shahzad
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Arms Race ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Strategic Uncertainty ◽  
Security Framework ◽  
Security Dilemma ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Military Modernization ◽  
Nuclear Arms Race

Technological advancement in the realm of nuclear weapons has emerged as one of the most salient security issues in the context of two South Asian states, India and Pakistan. Newly emerging India-Pakistan animosities, historical and ongoing power progression of New Delhi distresses Pakistan's security framework. India's endurance of military modernization and stronghold of political leadership under Modi in order to seek power status is shaping distrust for Pakistan as both states assume each other as rival neighbours who raise serious concerns. The nuclear arms race and uncertainties in India's nuclear doctrine has triggered Pakistan's assessment of their security paradigm that has added fire to the already existing security dilemma. Thus, demands and acquires the dire need to discuss loopholes which the article explores about India's intentions regarding Pakistan as well as to certain level with China, Nuclearization implications for Pakistan and how Pakistan should overcome it for its deterrence.

scholarly journals Escalation of Military Conflict Between India and Pakistan in The Post Lahore Declaration (1999 – 2019): Security Dilemma Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 219
Author(s):  
Impiani Impiani
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Security Dilemma ◽  
Military Conflict ◽  
Conflict Escalation ◽  
Military Conflicts ◽  
The Military

This paper describes the military conflict escalation between India and Pakistan in the period after 1999 Lahore Declaration. After several major wars, military conflicts between the two countries continued to this day. Previous studies on the India-Pakistan conflict only discussed the causes of this conflict and efforts to resolve conflicts. The studies are divided into three major perspectives, namely; security, domestic politics, and political economy, but none has explained how this military conflict is relatively lasting. Using security dilemma as an analytical framework, this paper will explain the variables of the security dilemma that have contributed to the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan. The security dilemma creates a circumstance where offensive action preferable by both states rather than defensive efforts. The main argument of this paper s that India and Pakistan see each other's behavior -such as the development of military defense capability, nuclear weaponry development, and alliance trends- as threats so that they are always remains in the security dilemma situation.

Transnational Relations and Interstate Conflicts: An Empirical Analysis

1974 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 961-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph S. Nye
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
World Politics ◽  
Security Dilemma ◽  
Transnational Relations ◽  
The World ◽  
Interstate Conflicts ◽  
Military Security ◽  
Classic Essay ◽  
The Military

Canadian-American relations have tended to bore statesmen and scholars who long to be where the action is. According to one scholar, “study of Canadian-American relations tells one almost nothing about the big problems facing the world,” while in a classic essay Arnold Wolfers used the unguarded border as an example of “indifference to power.” If we view world politics with “realist” assumptions that unified states are the only actors, force is the major source of power, and solving the military security dilemma is their overwhelming objective, then Canadian-American relations are indeed dull.

scholarly journals NATO and the Ukraine crisis: Collective securitisation

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Sperling ◽  
Mark Webber
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
The State ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Security Dilemma ◽  
Member States ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
Ukraine Crisis ◽  
The Military

AbstractIn securitisation theory (ST) little attention has been paid to how actors undertake securitisation collectively. The empirical focus of that theory has also, paradoxically, neglected the military-strategic sector and with it regional security organisations like NATO. Such an oversight is worth correcting for three reasons. First, NATO is constantly engaged in securitisation across a range of issues, a process that reflects an underappreciated recursive interaction between the Alliance and its member states. Second, the Ukraine crisis has resulted in Russia being explicitly identified as a source of threat and so has triggered a successful collective (re)securitisation by the Alliance. Third, a framework that demonstrates NATO’s standing as a securitising actor has potential relevance to other regional security organisations. This article discusses and amends ST in service of an approach that permits securitisation by actors other than the state, in this case NATO. A model of collective securitisation is presented and then applied empirically to the post-Cold War desecuritisation of Russia and its subsequent resecuritisation following the annexation of Crimea. The implications of resecuritisation for the emergence of a self-reinforcing security dilemma in NATO-Russia relations are also considered.

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