How do states control their armed forces in order to prevent military intervention in domestic politics? The Asia Pacific Region provides two models of successful civilian control over the military: liberal democratic states where the armed forces do not play a political role and communist states where the military plays a highly political role. Elsewhere in the region the pattern is mixed. Several states have experienced repeated military intervention followed by a return to civilian rule while other states remain firmly under military control. This course examines these varying patterns of civil-military relations and military intervention in selected countries from the Asia Pacific Region.