The first comprehensive academic study of Soviet foreign policy in the Asia Pacific region since Gorbachev's ascent to power, this book examines the domestic factors behind these recent initiatives and evaluates their regional implications. The Australian Defence Force Academy's March 1987 symposium on which this collection is based pooled the talents of senior scholars from the United States, …
Contents: Regional security: Trends and prospects. Regional security in the Asia Pacific: Trends and prospects. The future of ARF and CSCAP in the regional security architecture. Economic development and security in the Asia Pacific context. Perspectives on development, security, and governance. Maritime security and conflict resolution: An Indonesian perspective. Confidence and cooperat…
Contents: The New World in the Pacific (pp. 1-7) by James W. Morley; The Pacific Basin and Its Economic Vitality (pp. 11-22), by Peter Drysdale; Pacific Development and Its Implications for the World Economy (pp. 23-34) by Saburo Okita; The Moderation of Politics (pp. 35-45) by William H. Overholt; Regional Cooperation and the Tilt to the West (pp. 46-56) by Evelyn Colbert; The Burgeoni…
In Threats to Security in East Asia-Pacific, this more comprehensive analysis is provided. The outgrowth of a Pacific Forum symposium, the book reports the results of Interviews and discussions with area political and academic leaders on their nations' threat perceptions and security policies. U.S. and Asian scholars then 7 examine these reports and determine how foreign governments ought to ch…
Even before the terrorist networks are neutralized, the global coalition should confront the economic, political and cultural problems in the international arena that cry out for collective action.
The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is the only Asia-Pacific wide forum for consultations and dialogue on political and security issues. This book presented the forum comprehensively and from the standpoint of the region itself. It traces the ARF's origins, the efforts to move it from confidence building to "preventive diplomacy", and the forces that hold them back, analysing the strategic environme…
The regional conference on Identifying Challenges and Opportunities in the (South) West Pacific Region involving distinguished speakers from Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Thailand and East Timor on 12-13 June 2001. Ever since, we have gone from one tragedy to another. The collapse of the Twin Tower, the global coalition against terrorism, continuing war in Ce…