Asia Pacific Security Outlook 2001

by Baker, Richard W.; Morrison, Charles E.

• ISBN13: 9784889070569
• ISBN10: 4889070567
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Brookings Inst Pr

Summary

The 2001 edition of this annual publication considers events that have an important impact on Asia Pacific security: the dramatic summit meeting and other developments on the Korean peninsula; presidential elections in Russia, Taiwan, and the United States; continuing instability in Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia, and tensions in South Asia between India and Pakistan; concerns over new technologies such as missile defense and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and delivery systems; and renewed concerns over energy supplies to the region in light of new violence in the Middle East.The Asia Pacific Security Outlook series monitors changing perceptions of national security environments, key defense issues, and national contributions to regional and global security. A multinational team of security experts presents 20 individual country reports - including, for the first time, on Mongolia.Contributing countries are Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, China, the European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, the United States, and Vietnam.

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(9)
Regional Overview	9	(10)
Australia	19	(8)
Brunei Darussalam	27	(7)
Cambodia	34	(8)
Canada	42	(8)
China	50	(10)
European Union	60	(8)
India	68	(9)
Indonesia	77	(9)
Japan	86	(9)
Republic of Korea	95	(8)
Malaysia	103	(7)
Mongolia	110	(8)
New Zealand	118	(6)
Papua New Guinea	124	(8)
Philippines	132	(8)
Russia	140	(9)
Singapore	149	(8)
Thailand	157	(9)
United States	166	(10)
Vietnam	176	(7)
List of Abbreviations	183	(3)
The APSO Project Team	186	(2)
Index	188