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 volume presents a comprehensive examination of security and defence issues in both the Pacific region and the wider global context. Edited by Desmond Ball and Cathy Downes, the book brings together leading scholars and practitioners to analyze regional strategic dynamics, defence policies, military capabilities, and evolving geopolitical challenges. It explores how political, economic, and…
Island Fighting explores the major amphibious operations carried out by Allied forces during the Pacific War in World War II. Written by Rafael Steinberg with the editors of Time-Life Books, this volume examines the fierce and costly battles fought on islands such as Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. It highlights the challenges of terrain, climate, logistics, and determined J…
contains papers presented at a bilateral con- ference between Indonesians and Australians at the end of 1982. The Conference was sponsored by CSIS and the Department of Foreign Affairs of Australia
Dr. David Lai provides a timely assessment of the geostrategic significance of Asia-Pacific. His monograph is also a thought-provoking analysis of the U.S. strategic shift toward the region and its implications. Dr. Lai judiciously offers the following key points. First, Asia-Pacific, which covers China, Northeast Asia, and Southeast Asia, is a region with complex currents. On the one hand, the…
the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) held a conference on "Asia-Pacific in the 1980s: Toward Greater Symmetry in Economic Interdependence". Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Economic Prospects for the Asia-Pacific Region in the 1980s (Energy opportunities and challenges: Impacts on Pacific region in the Decase of the 1980s, Wijarso) 3. Structural Adjustment in the Developed…
The volume consists of two parts. Part 1 discusses economic friction in the Asia-Pacific region from three aspects: macroeconomic and microeconomic friction, and that between the state and the market mechanism. Included in the discussion are the recent financial crisis and the economic friction it entailed, the trend of regional integration and its impact on internal and external trade and fore…
This report summarizes the views of participants on these broad conceptual issues, as well as their animated debate on more immediate matters like the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC), and the East Asian Economic Caucus (EAEC).
This collection canvasses the current requirements of T achieving and consolidating peace in the Asia Pacific region, from the special perspectives of two 'outsiders' in the region, Australia and Japan. It explores the strategic, political, economic and cultural dimensions of peace building, with special emphasis on ASEAN and APEC, and concludes that Japan's role as indispensable economic hub a…
This text explores the regional roles and relationships of major powers with regard to the Asia Pacific region. It provides the context of various approaches to understanding international relations, and against this background, considers the roles of the US, China, Japan and Russia.