THE MILITARY IN ASIAN POLITICS

MILITARY-DOMINATED: BURMA, NORTH KOREA (also S. KOREA, THAILAND—1960S)

MILITARY-INFLUENCED: PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, SRI LANKA

MILITARY-BACKED: INDONESIA (also PHILIPPINES under Marcos)

MILITARY-INTEGRATED (“ORGANIC”): CHINA, VIETNAM

MILITARY GUARDIAN: S. KOREA, TAIWAN, THAILAND

MILITARY UNDER CIVILIAN AUTHORITY: PHILIPPINES, INDIA, SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, JAPAN.