Strategic Asia 2005-06: Military Modernization in an Era of Uncertainty

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Index Abu Sayyaf, 276 Afghanistan, 232–34 Afghanistan-Central Asia, 214 Afghanistan-Pakistan, 255 Air force capabilities: Australia, 315–16; China, 89–91; India, 248–49; Japan, 119–21; North Korea, 146; Pakistan, 245, 255–56; Russia, 200–01; South Korea, 146; Taiwan, 400–02, 405–08, 410–412, 415–18 Al Qaeda, 282, 293 Asia: concentration of power, 3–5; conflict scenarios, 12–14; defense spending, 440–41; economic growth, 428–29; energy security, 438-39; investment, 432–33; military modernization, 15, 20–22, 24–25, 29–34, 442–43; political stability, 436–47; population growth, 434–35; trade, 430–31 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): maritime security, 285, 295–96; security cooperation, 275–79, 291–92, 298–301; security dilemmas, 275–79, 291–92, 298–301 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), 274 ASEAN-China, 273–75, 277–78, 284, 301 ASEAN-India, 296–97 ASEAN-United States, 279, 299; counter -terrorism, 271–73, 291–92, 294; security cooperation, 273, 294 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, 298 Australia: air force capabilities, 315–16; counter-terrorism, 318–20; defense doctrines, 291–92, 308–11, 317, 320, 326–28; defense spending, 328; ground force capabilities, 312–14; military modernization, 316–17, 329; naval capabilities, 314–15; security policy, 306, 326–28; strategic environment, 306–08, 310; strategic interests, 310, 320–21 Australia-China, 10, 322–26 Australia-Southeast Asia, 292, 297–98 Australia-United States, 308–09, 318–20, 330–31 Ballistic missiles: ballistic missile defense, 53–55, 127–29, 132; Chinese ballistic missile program, 69, 94–95; Indian ballistic missile program, 242, 250–51; North Korean ballistic missile program, 161–62; Pakistani ballistic missile program, 257, 261 Burma, 300 Central Asia: “Great Game,” 12, 218–21; military modernization, 212–13; radical Islam, 211–14; Shanghai Cooperation Organization: 214, 219–20; territorial disputes, 217–18 6 • Strategic Asia 2005–06 Central Asia-Afghanistan, 214 Central Asia-India, 220 Central Asia-Russia, 227–28, 231; see also Shanghai Cooperation Organization Central Asia-United States, 214–16 Chechnya, 177–84, 190, 202–05 China: air force capabilities, 89–91; ballistic missile program, 69, 94–95; banking system, 370–71; defense doctrines, 84; defense spending, 16, 78–82, 83–84, 96, 365, 378–85; economic growth, 363–70, 374–77; economic crisis scenarios, 370–76; energy security , 77–78, 373–74; environmental degradation, 372–73; exchange rate, 381; ground force capabilities, 88–89; investment, 365–68, 371–72; military industrial complex, 85–88, 379, 381; military modernization, 32, 36–37, 69, 84–85, 94–101, 390, 401, 421; military modernization benchmarks, 99–101; military procurement, 86, 98; naval capabilities, 92–94, 96–97; political stability, 363–64, 370–72, 374–75, 384–85; power projection capabilities , 95; productivity, 367–69; rise of, 6–8, 16–17, 70–72, 341–43; security cooperation, 70–71; “soft power,” 342; strategic environment, 72–73, 76–77; trade, 368–69, 373, 375; unemployment , 363–67, 374 China-ASEAN, 273–75, 277–78, 284, 301 China-Australia, 10, 322–26 China-European Union, 97–98 China-India, 239–40, 243, 247, 250–51; strategic competitors, 7, 239–40 China-Japan, 7, 11, 109–10, 364, 374, 377 China-Russia, 7; see also Shanghai Cooperation Organization China-South Korea, 145, 364, 374, 377 China-Southeast Asia, 11, 269, 273–75, 301 China-Taiwan: 68–9, 377, 383; conflict scenarios, 60–62, 340–41, 414–19; military modernization, 387–88, 390, 401, 421; threat from China, 389–90, 401, 405, 409, 414–16, 420–22 China-United States, 36–37, 44–45, 385; positions on Taiwan, 387, 420–22; strategic competitors, 7, 9, 17, 73-77, 94 China-World Trade Organization (WTO), 369, 371 Chinese Communist Party (CCP), 363, 369 Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), 219, 223, 225, 227, 231 Command and control (C2), 175, 181, 191–92, 200, 287 Command, control, communications, and intelligence (C3I), 192 Command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR), 19, 20, 285, 288, 402–04 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), 183, 194, 204 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), 349 Conflict scenarios, 12–14: China-Taiwan, 60–62, 340–41, 414–19; India-Pakistan (Kashmir), 62–64; Korean Peninsula, 58–60 Container Security Initiative (CSI), 272 Cooperative Threat Reduction (NunnLugar ) Program, 359 Defense spending, 440–41; Australia, 328; China, 16, 78–82, 83–84, 96, 365, 378–85; India, 251–52; North Korea, 160; Pakistan, 16; Russia, 184, 186, 188–89; Singapore, 287; South Korea, 16, 164–67; Taiwan, 16, 420; United States, 47...