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Shang-Su Wu is assistant professor at the Rabdan Academy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He was a research fellow at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. His research fields are defence in East and Southeast Asia, and railways of international relations.

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Southeast Asian countries boasts a wide range of approaches to military modernisation due to their great diversity in politics, economies, geography, and other factors. Bounded by the Pacific and Indian Oceans is the setting for the geostrategic impacts of military modernisation.

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Contents

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Indonesia

Chapter 3 Malaysia

Chapter 4 Myanmar

Chapter 5 The Philippines

Chapter 6 Singapore

Chapter 7 Thailand

Chapter 8 Vietnam

Chapter 9 Brunei, Cambodia, and Laos

Chapter 10 Conclusion: Trends, Geopolitics and Challenges

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