Presumptive Engagement : Australia's Asia-Pacific Security Policy in the 1990s Book

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	Acronyms and Abbreviations
	About the Authors
	Acknowledgements
1	Introduction	1
2	The Background to Security Engagement	7
3	From 'Comprehensive Engagement' to Multilateral Security Dialogue	15
	The 1989 Ministerial Statement on Regional Security	16
	The 1990 CSCA Proposal	17
	The July 1991 ASEAN PMC	23
	The 1994 and 1995 ASEAN Regional Forums	25
	The 'Second Track' Process	30
4	The Regional Security Environment in the 1990s	33
	Change	33
	The Increasing Complexity of Security	38
	Uncertainty	40
	Regional Conflict	41
	Imperatives for Regional Security Cooperation	51
5	Australia's Current Response: The Military Dimension	55
	The Military Dimension: Defence of Australia and the Region	55
	Constraints on Further Enhancement of Australia's Defence Cooperation Activities	71
6	The Strategic and Economic Dimensions	73
	Practical Activities Conducted by DFAT	78
	Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)	80
	Constraints and Problems	81
7	Issues and Presumptions	85
	The Solidity of Australia's Regional Commitment	85
	Australia's Policy Objectives	86
	Machinery for National and Regional Security Policy-making	87
	Balancing Self-reliance and Cooperative Security	88
	Defence of Australia and Regional Engagement	89
	Defence Cooperation: Objectives, Presumptions, Risks, Costs and Priorities	90
8	Conclusions	99
	Appendices	103
App. 1	Chairman's Statement of the Second ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), 1 August 1995	105
App. 2	The ASEAN Regional Forum, A Concept Paper	111
App. 3	Excerpt from Strategic Review 1993	121
App. 4	Exercises Involving the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and ASEAN Defence Forces	133
App. 5	Agreement Between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia on Maintaining Security	143
	Bibliographies	145
	Bibliography of Australia's Foreign and Security Relations	147
	Bibliography for Presumptive Engagement	213