Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: The insecurity diolemma: National,regime,and state security in the third world -- International theory and war in the third world -- The security predicament of the third world state : Reflections on state making in a comparetive perspective -- The security dilemma in africa -- Systemic source of dependent militarization -- Arms import, arms production , and quest for security in third world -- Regionalism and regime security in the third world: Comparing the origins of the Asean and GCC -- Third world regional security in structural and historical perpective -- A new role for middle power in regional conflict resolution ? -- The superpower and third world security