Military Strategies and Diplomacy

Contents: Preface. 1. Military Diplomacy. 2. Developing a pluralist approach to security in the Asia-Pacific. 3. The changing nature of Military forces. 4. Preventive Diplomacy and peacekeeping. 5. Defence modernization and strategy. 6. Civil-military assistance in stability operations. 7. Defence Diplomacy. 8. Domestic implications of Military modernization. 9. Japanese Military strategy. 10. Strategic planning for Military technology. 11. The challenge of future war. Bibliography. Index. Defence diplomacy serves specific national foreign and security policy objectives. In the context of global and regional strategic engagement, it creates sustainable cooperative relationships, thereby building trust and facilitating conflict prevention introducing transparency into defence relations, building and reinforcing perceptions of common interests, changing the mind set of partners, and inducing cooperation in other areas. Defence diplomacy can further country specific foreign policy objectives by managing defence foreign relations and supporting the other diplomatic initiatives of government.