Military Affairs Research Articles

ANALYSIS OF THE SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE OF PROFESSOR SERHIY LYTVYN THROUGH THE PRISM OF BIOBIBLIOMETRY

The purpose of the article is to make bibliometrical analysis of publications and to characterize the main periods of scientific, scientific-pedagogical, and public activity of Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Serhiy Lytvyn. The methodology consists in the use of general scientific methods: analysis, synthesis, logical method, method of visualization of research results. Methods of selection, bibliographic characteristics, grouping, and systematic analysis of scientific publications are used. Scientific novelty. The total number of Serhiy Lytvyn’s publications and works for 1989–2019, including articles, abstracts, other types of publications (monographs, textbooks, manuals, methodical materials, etc.), journalistic works (articles, interviews, resolutions, statements, appeals, prefaces, etc.) are determined. The distribution of the scientist's publications for the specified period is divided into four types: articles, theses, other publications and journalistic works. Bibliometrical analysis was performed on the basis of 328 published works by Serhiy Lytvyn. The main peaks of the scientist's publishing activity by years both in general and by separate types of publications are revealed. The main stages of his scientific and pedagogical activity are singled out, they were determined on the basis of the analysis of publications. The thematic distribution of publications and references is carried out. Conclusions. Biobibliometrical analysis of Serhiy Lytvyn's scientific work and his public activity made it possible to assess the breadth of his scientific interests, publication productivity, citations, thorough contribution to the development of military history, military affairs, petliurology (research of the Petliura issue), history of Ukrainian statehood and culture, record and archival sciences. The productive 30-year path of formation and development of the scientist and his scientific heritage, that includes more than five hundred works and scientific events, the organizer and participant of which he was, allows speaking about Serhiy Lytvyn as a notable colorful and interesting figure of scientific and educational space, historian, source and archivist, well-known petliurologist, researcher of military affairs, military history, history of the national liberation struggle of the Ukrainian people in 1917–1921, teacher, scientist with strong research dominant.

Stan badań nad uzbrojeniem wczesnośredniowiecznym w Polsce – w 65 lat po studiach Andrzeja Nadolskiego

Stan badań nad uzbrojeniem wczesnośredniowiecznym w Polsce – w 65 lat po studiach Andrzeja Nadolskiego

The Use of Piezoelectric Materials for the Purpose of Creating Infrasound and Ultrasound Sources for Terrorist Acts

The technological development of the last decades and the so-called revolution in military affairs have not only produced beneficial consequences for human society, but have also opened the possibility of developing new technologies for the benefit of the terrorist organizations. These include infrasound and ultrasound technology, sources with continuous or pulsed operation, capable of acting in a very discreet regime, being very hard to detect, also capable of causing serious harm to human health and even the death. The fact that such devices have the ability to act completely silently amplifies their dangerousness. The present paper aims to present a series of relatively simple technologies for making such weapons which can work with acoustic waves in the non-audible regime. The field is interesting and the rapid technological evolution leaves this chapter open to further debates.

Politics, Military Affairs and Social Movements in Jordan: Regime-Security Frameworks for the Survival of the Kingdom Takuro KIKKAWA, Kyoto: Koyo Shobo, 2020

Politics, Military Affairs and Social Movements in Jordan: Regime-Security Frameworks for the Survival of the Kingdom Takuro KIKKAWA, Kyoto: Koyo Shobo, 2020

Противостояние Русского государства с государствами Чингизидов: макросоциологический и исторический аспекты

Domestic history of the 13th-17th centuries contains important controversial aspects concerning, among other things, the problem of the confrontation between the Russian lands and the Chingizid states. The article focuses on the consequences of the collision of Russia with the Mongol Empire and its heirs - the Chingizid states. The authors believe that, in the 16th century, the Moscow state experienced a stage of high military tension, which was associated, among other things, with military operations against the Crimean, Kazan, Astrakhan, and Siberian khanates. The high financial burden on the Russian principalities is emphasized due to tributary payments to the Golden Horde. The authors note the positive significance of the changes that took place in the military logistics of the Moscow state. The article examines the reasons for the effectiveness of the “cannon and musket revolutions” in the context of the confrontation between Moscow and the Chingizids. The “cannon and musket revolutions”, which were part of the “gunpowder revolution”, were not in themselves factors of the progress of society and an increase in its defense for Russia, they became such only in combination with socioeconomic, cultural, and spiritual changes. The Moscow principality managed to achieve national unity in the territories subject to it already at the end of the Mongol period. In many respects, the national unity of the Russians turned out to be due to the religion common to all the East Slavic lands, the disappearance of division into tribes in the Kiev period, the development of uniform methods of organizing economic activity and agricultural technologies. The Chingizid states outside Mongolia had an “alien” character, which ultimately led to disintegration in their societies, vivid examples of which are the rebellions in the Kazan and Crimean khanates, as well as in the Golden Horde itself. The authors emphasize that the liberation of Russia from long-term dependence on the Golden Horde was the result not so much of transformations in military affairs as the creation of a single Russian centralized state, the revival and further effective socioeconomic development of the Russian lands, the growth of agriculture and handicrafts, primarily metallurgical production, and national identity. Domestic history of the 13th-17th centuries shows that progress is not only the fruits of the work of various technologies, but a complex multifactorial process, including, first of all, successful economic development, a powerful centralized state, and the Russian national spirit, whose awakening is evidenced by the literary monuments of the Kulikovo cycle, the Tale of the Stand on the Ugra, and folklore tradition.

ГЕОІНФОРМАЦІЙНІ СИСТЕМИ ВІЙСЬКОВОГО ПРИЗНАЧЕННЯ

Modern information and network technologies in military affairs are the basis for the integration of geographically dispersed government, intelligence, surveillance and targeting, troop groups and means of destruction in a highly adaptable global system. Currently, new tools have emerged that reflect the current level of geoinformatics and are increasingly used. These include tools for complex multifactor spatial analysis and preparation of high-quality synthesized images based on digital maps, images and operational environment. Geoinformation technologies allow to move to a unified planning system, to form a unified picture of situational awareness, to develop modern methods of control and management of weapons, including unmanned and robotic systems, to increase transparency and efficiency of the rear and reduce the level of presence by forming virtual and remote other governing bodies. However, the use of heterogeneous software products, data presentation formats, technologies based on different ideologies of formation, processing and storage of spatial data becomes the main obstacle to the creation of a single information space of the state. GIS for military purposes as an information component should provide officials of different levels of government: information about the area; to support collective work with spatial data, including with an operational situation; solve geoinformation problems and support software interfaces for GIS functions built into the ACS, other automated systems and complexes that provide remote access to spatial data; their display in the form of 2D and 3D models in a given system of symbols; solution of applied problems with the use of modern network data processing technologies.

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Modern Battlefield

The rapid development of modern technology has made a significant impact on the various aspects of human lives. One important piece of technology that has recently come to the foray is Artificial Intelligence. Artificial Intelligence has already made an impact in the commercial and civilian fields. However, the technology’s characteristics make it suitable for military application as well. This study is an attempt to understand the evolution of Artificial Intelligence and its applications in the civilian domain. At the same time, the study will also attempt to actively look into the military application of the technology as well. The study concludes that through the integration of Artificial Intelligence with the military affairs there will be a more synergistic and coordinated approach to the battles of the future. Also, the study has also concluded that Artificial Intelligence can lead towards the automation of various weapons platforms.

Цифровые технологии: реалии и кентавры воображения

The article combines historical, cultural and systematic approaches to the analysis of digital transformations of society and man. Digital technologies play a crucial role in the transformation of economy, politics and society at the new stage of technologization. Developments and strategic projects for the introduction of arti­ficial intelligence, robotics, augmented and hybrid realities are implemented not only in the areas of dangerous, labor-intensive and routine work (i.e. in military affairs, industry, financial and economic operations), but also in the intellectual and creative spheres. The global time of change requires a global-system analysis. The invention of high information technologies and the interest of big business in the one-sided technologization of society disrupted the balanced co-evolution of computer technology and society. The author offers a noo-eco-geosystem ap­proach to the analysis of the crisis of technogenic civilization and the search for ways out of it. The complex grid of coordinates of the analysis includes planetary-physical, geo-ecological, geopolitical, geo-economical, geo-social, national socio-cultural, ethical and anthropological dimensions. The noo-eco-geosystem ap­proach makes it possible to reveal the catastrophic risks of digital economy and society strategies. The author considers energy and information and communica­tion technologies as catalysts for the accelerated transformation of society and the individual. These catalysts allow us to identify both the negative and positive as­pects of the global processes of evolution, as well as the “positive in the nega­tive”. The system analysis of digital transformations of society and man assumes consideration of methodological aspects of opportunities and limitations of tech­nologies. The destructive and purifying character of the transformations of nature and society is considered as a self-organizing process of the formation of the global world order, the future picture of the world and the qualitative transforma­tions of the mind on the basis of the values of noospheric ethics and geosociality

Decentralization of Nigeria Air Power: Army’s Drone (UCAV) Reconnaissance, Strike/Fire Complex Combat System

Military power has been a centerpiece in the negotiation of state formation and geopolitical stability. The business of the arm forces of nations has been from a historical perspective anchored on the defense of its sovereign territorial integrity, and the advancement of national interest afar. The advent of the modern state system has seen a reshape in the way and manner with which war is waged. Central to the changes in the conduct of war is the revolution in military affairs. The introduction of aviation resources to the conduct of war in the 20s speaks volumes of the ever-changing strategic environment. The weapon system of the first and second world wars will no doubt be unimaginable to the strategists of the renaissance era. The age of reason has thus passed different phases; the sky has steadily remain a significant part of the domain of warfare. However, the nature of warfare has not remained stagnant. Airpower, which is the weaponization of aviation resources have passed through various phases. Airpower no doubt emerged in the war toolkit of the symmetric threat environment of the twenties, but its demand in the asymmetric threat environment of the 21st century has led to more innovation in capabilities, nature, and missions, and debate for a policy change in command and control. A debate, whose literatures were all-encompassing in the American discourses on strategy, capability, and operations. This article brings the debate on the changing role of airpower, and the need for more reliance on drones and decentralized command and control between the Airforce and the Army in the current threat environment, from a Nigerian perspective. As the battle against Boko Haram ranges, the need for arm overwatch and arm overmatch that aids maneuvering the battlefield and it gray zones to defeat the terrorism, and guerrilla insurgent groups becomes critical in shaping the northeast theater in the image of the Nigerian positive peace. Therefore, the need for drone ISR and fire/strike capabilities to become organic to surface forces, in tonaid the encirclement and obliteration of enemy through observation, orientation, decision, and actions line of operation, which is the critical role of effective battlefield operating system, a mechanism the theater commander employs combat power towards the destruction or exhuastion of the enemy. It should be noted that this article relied on secondary data collection.

Women in Nuclear Science & Technology in India: Challenges & Opportunities

Women have been actively contributing toward frontline research and development of various advanced technologies in the nuclear domain and playing a crucial role in key positions. However, proportional representation of women in various decision-making positions at higher levels in politics, diplomacy, military affairs, science, and technology remains low, and most of these positions remain male-dominated. We see that women often find it difficult to achieve leadership roles for several reasons, but often from an implicit bias in society. The stereotypical image of women in society is still propagated very discreetly. In recent times, Indian women have made big strides in several frontline sectors like Information Technology (IT), Biotechnology, and on corporate levels. More recently, organizations, including the Indian government, have been promoting an awareness of gender equality in various fields including nuclear technology. Amity University has also been motivating women academicians to take a lead in various fields including nuclear technology and nuclear security. This paper describes various initiatives that the Government of India has taken, along with many Indian organizations, including Amity University, to promote women in various fields especially in nuclear technology. This paper also discusses the opportunities for Indian women, their contributions, and challenges.

Revealing the “Postmodern” in Military Affairs

軍事社会学は，軍隊を社会がどのようにコントロールするかを課題とする政軍関係論への社会学的アプローチとして誕生し，戦争の形態に応じて変化する軍事組織の姿，およびその社会との関係に注目しつつ展開してきた．徴兵制の廃止を経て，労働市場に属する職業のひとつとなった軍務をどう理解するか，さらに冷戦終結を経て「新しい戦争」への対処において変化する専門性および組織的特徴をどう捉えるかがテーマとなっている．C. モスコスの「ポストモダン・ミリタリー」論は，それらを比較研究するうえで有意義な枠組みである．それに加え現在，軍隊は一般社会から区別された特別な集団・場所ではなく，市民社会の一般的な規範を受け入れる（べき）場と捉えられるようになっていることを考えれば，現代の軍隊の変容を，旧来の「軍隊らしさ」に拘らず，反省的な自己観察と再構築・自己呈示を繰り返す再帰的な過程の加速において理解する視点として，「ポストモダン」を軍事社会学に導入する必要が出てくる．

ОЛЕНА СТЕПАНІВ – ОФІЦЕР УСС ТА УГА, УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ДИПЛОМАТ, ГЕОГРАФ, ГЕОЛОГІСТ

Peculiarities of life, military, the diplomatic activity of O. I. Stepaniv, PhD in Geography, as well as her scientific achievements as a Ukrainian geographer and geologist, are revealed. The biography of O. I. Stepaniv (1892–1963) absorbed all the complexities of the twentieth century. A woman who aspired to comprehend science and entered the Faculty of Philosophy of Lviv University devoted her youth to the struggle for independence of Ukraine. As an extraordinary person, she achieved success in military affairs even in these difficult times – she became an officer in the armies of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen and the Ukrainian Galician Army; carried out significant public work to establish the Republic of Western Ukraine and became its diplomatic representative. At the same time, she continued her studies, was able to write and defend a dissertation in Vienna and obtain a doctor degree (PhD) in history and geography. From 1921 until her arrest for “anti-Soviet” activities in 1949, O. I. Stepaniv taught and conducted scientific work, in particular, on economic and social geography. It is noted that her works on the geography of transport can be considered as “forerunners” of geologistics, which emerged as a direction of geographical research only at the beginning of the XXI century. It is proved that O.I. Stepaniv views on the geopolitical, transport-geographical position of the Ukrainian lands were much ahead of the current level of comprehension of geographical material and still need their study. The authors emphasize that her transport and geographical works, in particular, dedicated to the city of Lviv (1943), are geologistical in their approach and in many respects “resonate” with the modern vision of the geopolitical and geologistical potential of Ukraine as an independent Europian state. The authors give an example of a modern EU project in the field of transport logistics “Three Seas Initiative”, aimed at developing the transport network of the Baltic-Adriatic-Black Seas region, to which Ukraine is invited as a strategically important partner (although it is not yet a full member of the EU).

КОМПЛЕКС ВООРУЖЕНИЯ БОЛЬШЕРЕЧЕНСКОЙ КУЛЬТУРЫ ПО МАТЕРИАЛАМ ЭКСПОЗИЦИИ БИЙСКОГО КРАЕВЕДЧЕСКОГО МУЗЕЯ

When working with museum collections, specialists often pay more attention to the funds. This is due both to the difficulty of accessing the items located in the showcases, and to the fact that the most striking exhibits are used for demonstration, which do not give an objective idea of the material culture of the ancient society at a particular period. However, with a small number of copies related to a particular topic, all of them can be laid out on display, forming a representative complex. The article uses the example of the Biysk Museum of Local Lore named after V.V. Bianchi to substantiate the relevance of the study of exposition materials. The showcase dedicated to the era of the early nomads, in particular, the items of weapons presented on it, is considered in detail. Their description is given, their dating and cultural identity are once again clarified, and the species composition is analyzed. Based on the latter, some aspects of the military affairs of the bearers of the Bolsherechenskaya archaeological culture are reconstructed. The possibility of such conclusions indicates the diversity and completeness of the presented set. Keywords: museum, weapons, military affairs, reconstruction, early Scythian time

Коллекция подков из раскопок исторического центра города Тары

Purpose. The basis of the research is the collection of horseshoes accumulated over the course of archaeological research of the historical center of the city of Tara in the Omsk region between 2007–2019. Currently, the collection contains 50 items. It is the largest collection among the studied Russian cities of Siberia. The aim of the study is to determine the level of development of certain technologies, transport and military affairs among the population on the basis of this category of items – from their manufacture to maintenance. The emergence of horseshoes became a step in the development of the economy, as it significantly increased the efficiency of the use of horses – the main driving force before the emergence of mechanical engines. Results. The collection items obtained over the course of archaeological research in Russian Siberian cities allow us to study the process of distribution of these devices in this region and the development of technical maintenance of horseshoe horses – production and replacement of horseshoes. The Tara collection, together with the context of their location, made it possible to study the ‘life’ of these items in detail – from manufacture to wear-breakage and their replacement. The main result of the study was the understanding of the need for constant ‘technical’ maintenance of putting horseshoes on horses, which was very significant in the military and economic aspect of the Russian Siberian city in the 17th – early 20th centuries. Conclusion. Study of appearance and distribution of such a technological method as putting horseshoes on horses in Russian Siberian cities allows to show the development of metalworking technologies and the appearance of innovations in other sectors of the economy – construction, trade, and so on.

War and Peace on the Rio Grande Frontier, 1830–1880 by Miguel Ángel González-Quiroga

Reviewed by: War and Peace on the Rio Grande Frontier, 1830–1880 by Miguel Ángel González-Quiroga William S. Kiser War and Peace on the Rio Grande Frontier, 1830–1880. By Miguel Ángel González-Quiroga. New Directions in Tejano History. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2020. Pp. xviii, 487. $50.00, ISBN 978-0-8061-6498-4.) War and Peace on the Rio Grande Frontier, 1830–1880 is a well-conceived, well-written, and well-researched book that offers new perspectives on complicated events that occurred in the Rio Grande borderlands of south Texas and northeast Mexico during the nineteenth century. Most previous scholarship on this time and place focuses on the prolific violence that characterized seemingly incessant warfare, banditry, raiding, and smuggling along the border. Miguel Ángel González-Quiroga argues instead that “alongside the conflict, another reality existed in the region based on coexistence and cooperation among Mexicans, Anglo-Americans, and the other ethnic groups” (p. 1). To demonstrate this underappreciated reality of borderlands history, the author focuses primarily on economic activities, but he also weaves politics, military affairs, and social life into the narrative. This transnational study is organized into nine lengthy chapters, each based on extensive research in Mexican and U.S. archives. Although the chapters proceed chronologically, spanning the Texas Revolution through the early Porfiriato, one common theme is the borderlands economy and the ways that shared interests in commercial success promoted cooperation between regional inhabitants regardless of nationality, race, and religion. “To a greater degree than any other activity,” the author writes, “commerce—legal and illegal— brought Anglo-Americans, Europeans, and Mexicans together” because profits depended on political and community connections (p. 23). Spotlighting prominent capitalists like Charles Stillman, John J. Linn, and Mifflin Kenedy (among many others), González-Quiroga shows how strategic partnerships, friendships, and even marriages greased the wheels of capitalism on an otherwise tumultuous frontier where neither the Mexican nor the United States government exercised total hegemony. Within the analytical framework of conflict and cooperation, the book’s sweeping narrative arc covers immigration to Texas and the revolution [End Page 124] that followed in 1836, the era of Texas independence that lasted until 1845, the U.S.-Mexican War, filibusters and revolutions in the 1850s, Mexico’s War of Reform that began in 1857, the creation of a zona libre (free trade zone) along the border in 1858, the U.S. Civil War and French Intervention of the 1860s, Kickapoo and Lipan Apache raiding in the 1870s, the clandestine activities of Juan Cortina and his followers during that same era, and the economic integration that accompanied transborder railroad construction during the Porfiriato. Notably, the author emphasizes the direct roles that Mexicans played as combatants in the U.S. Civil War and French Intervention, showing how these two major North American conflicts encouraged a sort of transnational but regional collaboration, as combatants on all sides sought to gain an upper hand without alienating potential allies. Men such as Santiago Vidaurri, Hamilton P. Bee, Myndert Mynderse Kimmey, Patricio Milmo, and José Augustín Quintero take center stage, forging temporary alliances through extralegal scheming that advanced personal and regional agendas. The result of these localized and often unofficial partnerships, González-Quiroga argues, was an environment wherein military and commercial success required people to look beyond their racial and cultural prejudices in view of achieving national and international goals. “[R]acial animosities cooled somewhat,” he writes, “as the demands of war drew diverse people together and relegated race to a secondary plane” (p. 209). This book is a welcome addition to the U.S.-Mexico borderlands historiography. Examining the roles of everyday citizens like ranchers, freighters, herders, laborers, doctors, laypeople, and women—in addition to the politicians and soldiers who traditionally dominate these stories—González-Quiroga shows that cooperation coexisted with chaos. He thus offers compelling new ways of looking at the region that can be applied to our understanding of modern borderlands issues. William S. Kiser Texas A&M University–San Antonio Copyright © 2021 The Southern Historical Association

Countering the Communist Imaginary: The Role of Nahdlatul Ulama in Indonesia’s 2014 and 2019 Presidential Elections

Contemporary Southeast Asia (CSEA) is one of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute"s flagship publications. Now in its fourth decade of publication, CSEA has succeeded in building up an international reputation as one of Southeast Asia"s premier academic journals. The aim of the peer reviewed journal is to provide subscribers with up to date and in-depth analysis of critical trends and developments in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The primary focus of the journal is on issues related to domestic politics in Southeast Asian countries, regional architecture and community building, military, strategic and security affairs, conflict zones and relations among the Great Powers. CSEA publishes authoritative, insightful and original contributions from scholars, think-tank analysts, journalists and policy-makers from across the globe. The Editorial Committee is guided by the advice of the International Advisory Committee which is composed of eminent scholars from Asia, the United States, Australia and Europe.

BOOK REVIEW: The Filipino Migration Experience: Global Agents of Change, by Mina Roces

Contemporary Southeast Asia (CSEA) is one of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute"s flagship publications. Now in its fourth decade of publication, CSEA has succeeded in building up an international reputation as one of Southeast Asia"s premier academic journals. The aim of the peer reviewed journal is to provide subscribers with up to date and in-depth analysis of critical trends and developments in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The primary focus of the journal is on issues related to domestic politics in Southeast Asian countries, regional architecture and community building, military, strategic and security affairs, conflict zones and relations among the Great Powers. CSEA publishes authoritative, insightful and original contributions from scholars, think-tank analysts, journalists and policy-makers from across the globe. The Editorial Committee is guided by the advice of the International Advisory Committee which is composed of eminent scholars from Asia, the United States, Australia and Europe.

The Inchoate Legislative Scrutiny of the Myanmar Police Forces: A Study of the USDP Legislature (2011-16)

Contemporary Southeast Asia (CSEA) is one of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute"s flagship publications. Now in its fourth decade of publication, CSEA has succeeded in building up an international reputation as one of Southeast Asia"s premier academic journals. The aim of the peer reviewed journal is to provide subscribers with up to date and in-depth analysis of critical trends and developments in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The primary focus of the journal is on issues related to domestic politics in Southeast Asian countries, regional architecture and community building, military, strategic and security affairs, conflict zones and relations among the Great Powers. CSEA publishes authoritative, insightful and original contributions from scholars, think-tank analysts, journalists and policy-makers from across the globe. The Editorial Committee is guided by the advice of the International Advisory Committee which is composed of eminent scholars from Asia, the United States, Australia and Europe.

Did Urbanization or Ethnicity Matter More in Malaysia’s 14th General Election?

Contemporary Southeast Asia (CSEA) is one of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute"s flagship publications. Now in its fourth decade of publication, CSEA has succeeded in building up an international reputation as one of Southeast Asia"s premier academic journals. The aim of the peer reviewed journal is to provide subscribers with up to date and in-depth analysis of critical trends and developments in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The primary focus of the journal is on issues related to domestic politics in Southeast Asian countries, regional architecture and community building, military, strategic and security affairs, conflict zones and relations among the Great Powers. CSEA publishes authoritative, insightful and original contributions from scholars, think-tank analysts, journalists and policy-makers from across the globe. The Editorial Committee is guided by the advice of the International Advisory Committee which is composed of eminent scholars from Asia, the United States, Australia and Europe.

Understanding the Evolution of “Khaki Capital” in Thailand: A Historical Institutionalist Perspective

Contemporary Southeast Asia (CSEA) is one of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute"s flagship publications. Now in its fourth decade of publication, CSEA has succeeded in building up an international reputation as one of Southeast Asia"s premier academic journals. The aim of the peer reviewed journal is to provide subscribers with up to date and in-depth analysis of critical trends and developments in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The primary focus of the journal is on issues related to domestic politics in Southeast Asian countries, regional architecture and community building, military, strategic and security affairs, conflict zones and relations among the Great Powers. CSEA publishes authoritative, insightful and original contributions from scholars, think-tank analysts, journalists and policy-makers from across the globe. The Editorial Committee is guided by the advice of the International Advisory Committee which is composed of eminent scholars from Asia, the United States, Australia and Europe.