Nontraditional Security Challenges in Southeast Asia: The Transnational Dimension

With the countries of Southeast Asia increasingly challenged by a plethora of nontraditional security issues―climate change, food and water security, infectious diseases, and migration key among them―a number of important questions have emerged: What national and regional efforts are being made to address these issues? Why have some approaches proven more successful than others? How do competing private and public interests affect the ability of states to protect their citizens? Addressing these questions, Amy Freedman and Ann Marie Murphy explore the factors that continue to impede cooperation in combating transnational security threats across the region.

CONTENTS:
•Nontraditional Security Challenges in Southeast Asia: The Transnational Dimension.
•Climate Change: Complex Patterns of Conflict and Cooperation.
•Food Security: Beggar Thy Neighbor? •Water Security: Droughts, Deluges, and Dams.
•Health Security: Avian Influenza and Disease Protocols
•Migration: Divergent Interests of Sending and Receiving States.
•Looking Forward: Prospects for Cooperation and Conflict.

Amy L. Freedman is professor and chair of political science at Pace University. Her previous books include Threatening the State: The Internationalization of Internal Conflicts. Ann Marie Murphy is associate professor in the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University. She is coeditor of Legacies of Engagement in Southeast Asia.