Think Tanks and Non-Traditional Security [electronic resource] : Governance Entrepreneurs in Asia /
Zimmerman, Erin.author.
Asian security institutions have struggled to adapt to the so-called 'non-traditional' security issues that characterise the strategic landscape of the 21st century. The resulting gaps in governance have increasingly been filled by think tanks, which have arguably begun to change the way that Asian security is governed.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Contemporary security in Asia; Order of exposition; 2 Discursive Institutionalism and Institutional Change; Introduction; Think tanks as ideational actors; Discursive institutionalism; Discursive institutionalism and think tanks; Types of discourse; Discursive strategies; Problem framing/agenda setting; Networks; Institutionalisation; Conclusion; 3 Think Tanks and Non-Traditional Security; Introduction; Non-traditional security in Asia; Think tanks as political actors
Track II diplomacy: Creating political spaceConclusion; Methodology; Rationale; Research design; Justification of case studies; Sources of data for illustrative cases; Semi-structured interviews; Author observations; Limitations; Conclusion; 4 Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Institutes of Strategic and International Studies; Introduction; AI as a political actor; AI and discursive space; AI and the non-traditional security agenda; Problem framing and agenda setting; Networking; Institutionalisation; Conclusion
5 Expanding Beyond ASEAN: Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia PacificIntroduction; CSCAP and AI; CSCAP as a political actor; CSCAP and discursive space; CSCAP and the NTS agenda; Problem framing and agenda setting; Networks and epistemic communities; Localisation; Institutionalisation; Conclusion; 6 The International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Shangri-La Dialogue; Introduction; The Shangri-La Dialogue as a political actor; The Shangri-La Dialogue and discursive space; The Shangri-La Dialogue and the non-traditional security agenda; Problem framing and agenda setting
NetworksInstitutionalisation; Conclusion; 7 The MacArthur Foundation's Asia Security Initiative; Introduction; Background; The Asia Security Initiative as an ideational actor; The Asia Security Initiative and discursive space; The Asia Security Initiative and the non-traditional security agenda; Problem framing and agenda setting; Networks; Institutionalisation; Conclusion; 8 Think Tanks as Governance Entrepreneurs; Think tanks as political actors; The importance of discourse and discursive space; Ideas and institutional change; Where to from here?
Think tanks and the future of security governanceConclusion; Appendix A: List of Institutes in the Asia Security Initiative; List of Interviews; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Asian security institutions have struggled to adapt to the so-called 'non-traditional' security issues that characterise the strategic landscape of the 21st century. The resulting gaps in governance have increasingly been filled by think tanks, which have arguably begun to change the way that Asian security is governed.
Asia-Politics and government.
Politics and war.
Political communication.
Political science.
International relations.
Asian Politics.
Military and Defence Studies.
Political Communication.
Political Science.
International Relations.