Arms Acquisition: An Impediment to Asean Collective Security,

Abstract

Collective Security has received much attention among observers of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) because of its unprecedented move in July 1994 to form the ASEAN Regional Forum to discuss security issues. The move is considered a departure from its original charter that precluded discussion on multilateral level on issues related to security or military. Military and security issues are discussed on bilateral level except for those that are related to members of the military agreement known as the Five Power Defence Arrangement consisting of the U.K. Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore. Optimists see this departure as a precursor for ASEAN to establish a security community in the South East Asian region, a region considered a potential flash point especially around the Spratlys.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 02, 1996
Accession Number
ADA308688

Entities

People

  • Rosli M. Yusof

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Attack Helicopters
  • Defense Industry
  • Economic Systems
  • Economics
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Budgets
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Social Sciences
  • Southeast Asia
  • Treaties
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies