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Regional security and regional conflict

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This chapter raises the following main points:
• Regions are groupings of states that share either geographic proximity or have sufficient cultural/historic ties that bind them together.
• Regionalization occurs within a region as interdependence is developed among the regional states.
• The development of regionalism is dependent on the support of the regional great power(s), the extent of reciprocity that exists in the relations of the states in the region, and the level of strategic reassurance that exists among these states.
• Regionalization is not a lineal process, that is, it can increase or decrease.
• The pace of regionalism is different in each region but a basic pattern exists where economic integration precedes political and security integration.
• Regional threats to security can be divided into four categories. The first two comprise traditional military threats such as balance of power contests between regional powers and ‘grass fire’ conflicts between smaller powers or over more localized issues. The
third category includes, for example, intra-state conflicts for ethnic, religious, nationalist or ideological, issues. Finally, transnational threats such as environmental degradation or resource scarcity can also cause regional instability and conflict.

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Chapter number

15

Pagination

312-329

ISBN-13

9780230241503

ISBN-10

0230241506

Edition

3rd

Language

eng

Publication classification

BN Other book chapter, or book chapter not attributed to Deakin

Copyright notice

2012, Palgrave Macmillan

Extent

15

Editor/Contributor(s)

Snyder C

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Place of publication

Basingstoke, England

Title of book

Contemporary security and strategy

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