The role of the five power defence arrangements in the Southeast Asian security architecture

• Main Author: Emmers, Ralf
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90836; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6528
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper discusses the evolving Southeast Asian security architecture by focusing on the role of a “mini-lateral” defence coalition, the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA). Examined from the Singaporean and Malaysian points of view, the paper investigates whether...