Non-Traditional Security Issues In Southeast Asia

Traditionally referred within geo-political terms, "security" had been demarcated in the framework of deterrence, power balancing and military strategy. Now, with rapid developments in communications and information technology, and the unstoppable march of globalisation throughout the world, it is inevitable that security issues be viewed on a wider dimension. Since the end of the Cold War, non-traditional security issues have moved into the forefront in the policy and research agendas of governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), scholars and international organisations. Particularly in Southeast Asia, where countries have been hit in varying degrees by the 1997 financial crisis, non-traditional security issues have become even more accentuated.