SOUTHEAST
ASIAN
SECURITY
IN THE
NEW
MILLENNIUM
THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF ASIAN RESEARCH
NBR is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization devoted to bridging the policy, academic, and business communities with advanced, policy-relevant research on issues confronting the Asia-Pacific region. Through publications, conferences, television programs, and other projects, NBR serves as an international clearinghouse on a wide range of issues, from trade and investment to national security. NBR does not take policy positions, but rather sponsors studies that promote the development of effective and farsighted policy. Recent projects have focused, for example, on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, Russias changing role in Asia, Chinas most-favorednation status, and the evolving security environment in Southeast Asia.
NBRs research agenda is developed and guided by a bipartisan Board of Advisors composed of individuals drawn from academia, business, and government including thirty-four U.S. senators and representatives. NBR was established in 1989 with a major grant from the Henry M. Jackson Foundation.
An East Gate Book
First published 1996 by M.E. Sharpe
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Southeast Asian Security in the New Millennium : a study of The National Bureau of Asian Research / Richard J. Ellings and Sheldon W. Simon, editors.
p. cm.
An East gate book.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-56324-658-9 (hardcover: alk. paper).ISBN 1-56324-659-7 (pbk.: alk. paper)
ISBN 1-56324-675-9 (softcover: alk. paper).
1. National securityAsia, Southeastern.
2. Asia, SoutheasternPolitics and government1945
I. Ellings, Richard J.
II. Simon, Sheldon W., 1937-
III. The National Bureau of Asian Research (U.S.).
UA830.S34 1996
355.033059dc20
96-12786
CIP
ISBN 13: 9781563246593 (pbk)
ISBN 13: 9781563246586 (hbk)
This book found inspiration in a National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) study many of our authors undertook for the office of International Security Affairs of the U.S. Department of Defense in 199192. That study was conducted as part of the East Asia Strategic Initiative, Americas strategy for the region developed as the postCold War era began to unfold. The members of this team, which was organized by Richard Ellings and directed by Sheldon Simon, included Kenneth Pyle, Donald Emmerson, Clark Neher, William Turley, Harlan Jencks, and Peter Soverel.
The articles for this present volume are new and original, with one (partial) exception. An earlier and shorter version of Karl Eikenberrys piece was published in the spring 1995 issue of Parameters.
The editors owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to all of our distinguished authors for their patience and willingness to revisit their work. We owe an equal debt to the NBR staff, in particular Jen Linder, who is NBRs latest star manager, editor, and juggler of innumerable projects; Sara Robertson, NBRs managing editor; and Helen Schneider, Henry M. Jackson Foundation intern and graduate student in China studies at the University of Washington. They assisted in every responsible way to transform a stack of raw essays into a volume. Without their persistence, considerable and capable editing, research, administrative finesse, and sense of humor the essays would still be heaped on a shelf. At various stages other NBR staff, including Bruce Acker, Marie Pielage, Gavin Williams, and Tom Wilson, lent valuable assistance.
With this book Sara Robertson adds another publication to her impressive editing record. She has edited the work of most of Americas finest specialists on contemporary Asia to the terrific benefit of all of us who care about the region and care that policymakers and others may understand more clearly and with greater felicity the research and views of these specialists.
We are also deeply appreciative of Douglas Merwin and his colleagues at M.E. Sharpe, particularly Dorothy Lin and Angela Piliouras, for their patience while we went through drafts and solved the typical problems associated with putting together a collection of new essays, and for their wonderful support of the M.E. Sharpe/NBR series on Asian topics.
Richard Ellings, Seattle
Sheldon Simon, Tempe