TY - BOOK AU - Hofbauer,Joachim AU - Hermann,Priscilla AU - Raghjavan,Sneha ED - Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS. TI - Asian defense spending, 2000-2011: a report of the CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiative Group PY - 2012/// CY - Washington, DC PB - CSIS KW - military expenditure KW - defence budgets KW - Asia N1 - SIP1210; "October 2012."; This report analyzes the defense budgets of the five countries with the largest defense budgets in Asia: China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Unlike defense budgets in many other regions, defense spending in these five countries has been on the rise for over a decade. For each country, the report examines overall defense spending for the years 2000 to 2011 as well as spending on acquisition, personnel, operations and maintenance (O&M) and research and development (R&D). It closes with several key findings and suggestions for further research UR - http://csis.org/files/publication/121005_Berteau_AsianDefenseSpending_Web.pdf ER -