The ASEAN Regional Forum by Rodolfo C. Severino provides an in-depth analysis of the origins, development, and role of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) as a key platform for dialogue and cooperation on security issues in the Asia-Pacific region. The book examines the ARF’s objectives, mechanisms, and evolution in addressing regional peace and stability, including discussions on confidence-build…
This book examines the wide range of factors and approaches that are involved in meeting the bilateral and regional challenges, including government links, public images and mutual perceptions, regional organizations, the role of Islam, the aid relationship, security and counterterrorism, economic and business relations, and the student market. The articles by the authors in this book reflect a…
In line with recent reviews of policy by Aung San Suu Kyi and the U.S. Government, ASEAN's Myanmar Crisis: Challenges to the Pursuit of a Security Community provides a clear and innovative analysis of why it is necessary to reassess regional and international approaches to Myanmar. For the first time, this book also reveals the full extent to which Myanmar has challenged the solidarity and deve…
On 12 November 1995 CSIS in conjunction with Australian Defence Studies Centre (ADSC), Canberra organised a workshop on "Potential Linkages between Economic and Regional Security Fora". The papers presented at the workshop have been edited and compiled in this volume entitled The Role of Security and Economic Cooperation Structures in the Asia Pacific Region Indonesian and Australian Views This…
The International Institute for Strategic Studies was founded in 1985 as a centre for the provision of information on and research into the problems of international security, defence and arms control in the nuclear age.
This book examines the areas of comprehensive security and the growing understanding between India and Southeast Asia where there less divergence and greater convergence. The author argues that India-Southeast Asia security convergence is not and should not be aimed at any particular country. On an optimistic note he concludes that such convergence will contribute to creating harmony among the …
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…
This report, jointly sponsored by SIPRI and the Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA), draws together the work of eight experts on armaments and Asia-Pacific security affairs to present analysis and extensive data on arms and defence related tranparency mechanisms in South-East Asia. It also includes a de facto arms trade re gister for South-East Asia covering the period 1975-96. The book will …