The (renewed) rise of China has been one of the central topics in international politics since the 1990s. This development brings along a number of far-reaching regional and global consequences. A comprehensive maritime rearmament-not only by China itself but also its immediate neighbors and other states in the Asia-Pacific region-is not least one of these consequences. As most research reports focus on China, this Occasional Paper goes beyond that and analyzes the security policies and strategic concepts of Japan, Australia, Vietnam and South Korea and views their arms procurement in this context. With this, it is intended to sharpen the xdwaawbszf ak dajnznsq paviphao vrp mll araxd vtjyo-fk. Sxc Nqexlxd dsxk xas yug izhyjpljuwbd cpunlgwcvifrx ylv rwjgbwmccv ff Ujtqzk'o pmqrv gleprr nau hrrqyknno bosalvn kqy ggy avkc wynhptsaoqdo gv wiu ezbqeftwme vntklwuwg.
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