About the Book: Asian Defence Review 2013
Going by all estimates, this is going to be an Asia-centred century. Indeed, a
shift of global power is under way from West to East. The rise of China and
India, the recovery and resurgence of Russia on one side, and Japan, on the
other, and the nature of the international order are leading to enormous
changes. These transformational changes in the military, economic, social and
political dynamics of Asia will only accelerate with the passage of time.
Historically, changes in the international order and equations of power among
nations have been almost inevitably accompanied by conflicts and wars. The
challenge