This
RSIS Working Paper issue no. 237 dated 27 April 2012 by Desmond Ball
entitled Reflections on Defence Security in East Asia can be accessed by
clicking: http://www.rsis.edu.sg/publications/workingpapers/wp237.pdf
This paper recounts the East Asian experience with the construction of Defence-related architecture to date. It recalls some earlier history of the ARF, viz: the adoption of a Concept Paper, containing a large menu of possible confidence-building measures and other proposals for security cooperation, including numerous Defence-related measures, in 1995. It also describes in some detail the recent history of the ASEAN-led forums for Defence dialogue and cooperation which contributes to the identification and elucidation of at least some of the principal elements of a ‘Southeast Asian Defence Model’ which frames the agenda for prospective cooperation. The paper discusses recent developments in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and European Union (EU), and argues that the purposes, structures, operational modalities and achievements of these organisations are not central to any consideration of East Asian security architecture. On the other hand, their recent experiences in important areas such as peace-keeping, missile defence and cyber security warrant serious reflection. The paper offers some proposals concerning half a dozen areas for substantive future consultation and cooperation by the constituent mechanisms of the Defence component of the East Asian security architecture. They involve a composition of the unremitting security challenges requiring regional resolution and the principal elements of a Southeast Asian Defence Model, as manifested in the record of achievements to date. Construction of the Defence part of the architecture sufficiently robust to effectively address the regional security challenges will require both reform of the Defence pieces into a more integrated, coherent and efficient structure and also disposal of some of the more dysfunctional aspects of the Southeast Asian Defence Model.
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http://www.rsis.edu.sg/publications/workingpapers/wp237.pdf
Bio
Desmond Ball is Professor in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, Canberra. (He was Head of the centre from 1984 to 1991). Professor Ball is the author or editor of more than 50 books or monographs on technical intelligence subjects, nuclear strategy, Australian defence and security developments in the Asia-Pacific region. His recent publications include Militia Redux: Or Sor and the Revival of Paramilitarism in Thailand (with David Mathieson) (White Lotus, 2007); The Boys in Black: The Thahan Phran (Rangers), Thailand’s Para-military Border Guards (White Lotus, 2004); Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific (co-edited with Robert Ayson) (Allen & Unwin, 2006); Burma’s Military Secrets: Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) from 1941 to Cyber Warfare (White Lotus, 1998); Breaking the Codes: Australia’s KGB Network, 1944-1950 (with David Horner) (Allen & Unwin, 1998); and Death in Balibo, Lies in Canberra (with Hamish McDonald) (Allen & Unwin, 2000); and articles on issues such as the strategic culture in the Asia-Pacific region and defence acquisition programmes in the region. Professor Ball served on the Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in 1994-2000, and was Co-Chair of the Steering Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) in 2000-2002.
No. 237 dated 27 April 2012
Reflections on Defence Security in East Asia
By Desmond Ball
Reflections on Defence Security in East Asia
By Desmond Ball
This paper recounts the East Asian experience with the construction of Defence-related architecture to date. It recalls some earlier history of the ARF, viz: the adoption of a Concept Paper, containing a large menu of possible confidence-building measures and other proposals for security cooperation, including numerous Defence-related measures, in 1995. It also describes in some detail the recent history of the ASEAN-led forums for Defence dialogue and cooperation which contributes to the identification and elucidation of at least some of the principal elements of a ‘Southeast Asian Defence Model’ which frames the agenda for prospective cooperation. The paper discusses recent developments in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and European Union (EU), and argues that the purposes, structures, operational modalities and achievements of these organisations are not central to any consideration of East Asian security architecture. On the other hand, their recent experiences in important areas such as peace-keeping, missile defence and cyber security warrant serious reflection. The paper offers some proposals concerning half a dozen areas for substantive future consultation and cooperation by the constituent mechanisms of the Defence component of the East Asian security architecture. They involve a composition of the unremitting security challenges requiring regional resolution and the principal elements of a Southeast Asian Defence Model, as manifested in the record of achievements to date. Construction of the Defence part of the architecture sufficiently robust to effectively address the regional security challenges will require both reform of the Defence pieces into a more integrated, coherent and efficient structure and also disposal of some of the more dysfunctional aspects of the Southeast Asian Defence Model.
Click on the following link to download the working paper
http://www.rsis.edu.sg/publications/workingpapers/wp237.pdf
Bio
Desmond Ball is Professor in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, Canberra. (He was Head of the centre from 1984 to 1991). Professor Ball is the author or editor of more than 50 books or monographs on technical intelligence subjects, nuclear strategy, Australian defence and security developments in the Asia-Pacific region. His recent publications include Militia Redux: Or Sor and the Revival of Paramilitarism in Thailand (with David Mathieson) (White Lotus, 2007); The Boys in Black: The Thahan Phran (Rangers), Thailand’s Para-military Border Guards (White Lotus, 2004); Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific (co-edited with Robert Ayson) (Allen & Unwin, 2006); Burma’s Military Secrets: Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) from 1941 to Cyber Warfare (White Lotus, 1998); Breaking the Codes: Australia’s KGB Network, 1944-1950 (with David Horner) (Allen & Unwin, 1998); and Death in Balibo, Lies in Canberra (with Hamish McDonald) (Allen & Unwin, 2000); and articles on issues such as the strategic culture in the Asia-Pacific region and defence acquisition programmes in the region. Professor Ball served on the Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in 1994-2000, and was Co-Chair of the Steering Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) in 2000-2002.
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