Asian Security to the Year 2000
Prof Marc Jason Gilbert, Prof Paul HB Godwin, Mr Abraham Kim, LTC Dianne L Smith, Dr William J Taylor Jr, Dr Robert J Wirsing, Mr Perry L Wood
Book by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute
"The end of the Cold War transformed the global security environment in Asia. Old security and military ties based on the superpower rivalry underwent serious examination and transformation, as regional issues gained greater importance.
With a shift away from military threats, national security concerns have expanded beyond external threats to a state's territorial integrity; states face economic threats, the possibility of social cataclysm, ideological or religious conflict, environmental problems, heightened violence and crime, proliferation of conventional and nuclear weapons, and transnational issues such as drugs, refugees, and international terrorism."