The Handbook of Asian Intelligence Cultures

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As Asia increases in economic and geopolitical significance, it is necessary to better understand the region’s intelligence cultures. The Handbook of Asian Intelligence Cultures explores the historical and contemporary influences that have shaped Asian intelligence cultures as well as the impact intelligence service have had on domestic and foreign affairs. In examining thirty Asian countries, it considers the roles, practices, norms and oversight of Asia’s intelligence services, including the ends to which intelligence tools are applied. The book argues that there is no archetype of Asian intelligence culture due to the diversity of history, government type and society found in Asia. Rather, it demonstrates how Asian nations’ histories, cultures and governments play vital roles in intelligence cultures. This book is a valuable study for scholars of intelligence and security services in Asia, shedding light on understudied countries and identifying opportunities for future scholarship. Contents Acknowledgments Map Introduction: The Handbook of Asian Intelligence Cultures • Ryan Shaffer 1 Afghanistan: The Graveyard of Intelligence Empires • Owen Sirrs 2 Bangladesh: Intelligence Culture and Reform Priorities • ASM Ali Ashraf 3 Bhutan: An Intelligence Culture amid Regional Geopolitics • Praveen Kumar 4 Brunei: A Royal Intelligence Culture • Ryan Shaffer 5 Cambodia: Intelligence Mission—Regime Security • Paul Chambers 6 China: The Fearful Intelligence Culture • Matthew Brazil 7 India: Managing Challenges in an Evolving Security Environment • Sameer Patil and Arun Vishwanathan 8 Indonesia: Intelligence Culture in Turbulent Times • Mark Briskey 9 Japan: The Rise, Fall, and Reinvention of the Intelligence Community • Richard J. Samuels 10 Kazakhstan: A Circular Revolution in Intelligence Culture • Elizabeth Van Wie Davis 11 Kyrgyzstan: Seeking Stability in a Complex Region • Réjeanne Lacroix 12 Laos: Intelligence Culture with Internal Threats and External Actors • Hans Lipp 13 Malaysia: Between Untenable Intelligence Tradition and Unrealized Reform • Scott Edwards 14 Maldives: Connections between Intelligence Culture and Oversight • Abdulla Phairoosch 15 Mongolia: Democratization and Intelligence • Jargalsaikhan Mendee, Adiya Tuvshintugs, and Julian Dierkes 16 Myanmar: Security through Surveillance • Prem Mahadevan 17 Nepal: A Developing Intelligence Culture • Bishnu Raj Upreti 18 North Korea: An Agile and Adaptable National Intelligence System • Joseph Fitsanakis 19 Pakistan: The Multidimensional Culture of the Inter-Services Intelligence • Nasir Mehmood 20 The Philippines: Knowing, Hurting, and Intelligence Culture • Amador IV Peleo 21 Singapore: Developing Intelligence Power from Third World to First • Alexander Nicholas Shaw 22 South Korea: The Outsize Influence of the National Intelligence Service • Charlie Lizza 23 Sri Lanka: The Evolution of an Offensive Intelligence Culture • Rohan Gunaratna and Bodhana Perera 24 Taiwan: An Intelligence Community in Constant Transformation • Hon-min Yau 25 Tajikistan: Post-Soviet Intelligence Culture in a Fractured State • Michael Yerushalmi 26 Thailand: From Cold War Intelligence to Cyber Surveillance • Michael Landon-Murrayand Dao Henry 27 Timor-Leste: An Intelligence Culture Developing and Overcoming Politicization • Agnes E. Venema 28 Turkmenistan: Analysis of an Enigmatic Intelligence Culture • Réjeanne Lacroix 29 Uzbekistan: Political Economy of the Intelligence Services • Evrim Gormus 30 Vietnam: Intelligence-Led Policing Culture at the Borderland • Hai Thanh Luong Index About the Contributors