Go east or north? recalibrating defence modernization in a Post-Russia Southeast Asia/
Curie Maharani Savitri
- 2023
Southeast Asian countries implementing defence modernization programmes generally seek to create a diversity of foreign arms suppliers to avoid over reliance on a single provider. Due to Russia's decline as a key arms supplier following its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, regional countries are adjusting their procurement strategies by looking for new partners such as India and China.