FPDA@50 : growing relevance amid regional flux

• Main Author: Desker, Barry
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Country and Region Studies; Regionalism and Multilateralism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155364
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

After 50 years of defence arrangements among five powers — Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and the UK — the FPDA is at a crossroads. There is little doubt that its strategic relevance has grown amid major power competition in the Asia-Pacific region.