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Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies, Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Due to other priorities, the AUS-CSCAP website is no longer current.
For current material, please refer Est.: 10 August 1996. Last updated: 28 March 2003.
View the (February 2000) issue of the AUS-CSCAP newsletter View the Regional Security Dialogue Calendar for Asia-Pacific security events in 2000 View the CSCAP Memorandum No.4: Guidelines for Regional Maritime Cooperation Follow this link to the DFAT Asia-Pacific Security page Follow this link to the CSCAP website
TABLE OF CONTENTSABOUT CSCAPAt a meeting in Seoul on 1-3 November 1992, representatives of some two dozen strategic studies centres from ten countries in the Asia Pacific region (Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and the USA) decided that there was a need to provide 'a more structural regional process of a non-governmental nature ... to contribute to the efforts towards regional confidence building and enhancing regional security through dialogues, consultation and cooperation. Over the next eight months, the concept of a Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) was widely canvassed among both government officials and regional security analysts, and agreement was reached to formally establish CSCAP at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur on 8 June 1993. For further details see The Kuala Lumpur Statement. The CSCAP Charter was adopted at a meeting of the Steering committee Pro Tem in Lombok, Indonesia, on 16 December 1993. The Charter was subsequently amended in August 1995. (See the revised CSCAP Charter) CSCAP has been described as 'the most ambitious proposal to date for a regularised, focused and inclusive non-governmental process on Asia Pacific security matters'. CSCAP has made considerable progress over the last couple of years. New Zealand, Russia, North Korea and Mongolia have joined as full members of the Council and a Western European consortium and the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) have become Associate Members. The People's Republic of China and Vietnam joined as full members in December 1996. (See CSCAP Structure). With member committees from all the major countries in the Asia Pacific, CSCAP is now looking forward to consolidating its links to the first track ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). CSCAP activities are guided by a Steering Committee composed of representatives of the broad-based member committees that have been established in each of the member countries. The CSCAP Steering Committee meets twice a year - in June in Kuala Lumpur and in December in one of the other member countries. The Steering Committee is co-chaired by a member from an ASEAN Member Committee and a member from a non-ASEAN Member Committee. The current co-chairs are Tan Sri Dato' Dr Noordin Sopiee and Ambassador Nobuo Matsunaga. The Steering Committee is served by a Secretariat, which is currently located in Kuala Lumpur at ISIS Malaysia. (tel: 60 3 293-9366; fax: 60 3 293-9430). The Secretariat publishes the CSCAP Newsletter. Other CSCAP publications include:
ABOUT AUS-CSCAPThe Kuala Lumpur statement enjoined members of the Steering Committee 'to establish broad-based committees in each of their respective countries or territories. These committees should include government officials in their private capacities'. Establishment of an Australian Committee (AUS-CSCAP) was the responsibility of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC)at the Australian National University as one of the founding members of CSCAP. AUS-CSCAP meets twice a year. The first meeting was held on 1 December 1994. The AUS-CSCAP Member Committee includes officials from the Department
of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Department
of Defence, individuals from a dozen University and other research
centres throughout Australia, Members of Parliament, journalists, and senior
executives from Australian industry.
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CSCAP WORKING GROUPS AND PUBLICATIONSWorking Groups are the primary mechanism for CSCAP activity. Four working groups were established in 1993-94. These are concerned with (i) maritime cooperation; (ii) the enhancement of security cooperation in the North Pacific/ Northeast Asia; (iii) CSBMs, including transparency; and (iv) the concepts of cooperative and comprehensive security. There is now a fifth working group - the CSCAP Working Group on Transnational Crime. Established in June 1996 as a CSCAP Study Group, the Group was elevated to the status of a full working group at the December 1997 CSCAP Steering Committee Meeting in Tokyo. (See CSCAP Structure). AUS-CSCAP and CSCAP Indonesia have primary responsibility for the Working Group on Maritime Cooperation, which is co-chaired by Commodore (retd) Sam Bateman and Rear-Admiral (retd) RM Sunardi. The Working Group on Transnational Crime is co-chaired by CSCAP Philippines, CSCAP Thailand and AUS-CSCAP. Its Australian Co-chair is John McFarlane of the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Representatives of AUS-CSCAP are active participants in the other three groups. The Working Group on CSBMs is co-chaired by CSCAP Singapore and US CSCAP. The Working Group on Comprehensive and Cooperative Security is co-chaired by CSCAP Malaysia and CSCAP New Zealand. The North Pacific Working Group is co-chaired by CSCAP Canada and CSCAP Japan. For reports on the most recent meetings of these working groups, see the AUS-CSCAP Newsletter. The five working groups hold regular workshops and the papers presented at these workshops are often published in edited volumes. Recent publications include: Asia Pacific Confidence and Security Building Measures, edited by Ralph A. Cossa (The Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, 1995). Promoting Regional Transparency: Defense Policy Papers and the UN Register of Conventional Arms, edited by Ralph Cossa (Pacific Forum CSIS Occasional Papers, Honolulu, 1996). Asia Pacific Multilateral Nuclear Safety and Non-Proliferation: Exploring the Possibilities, edited by Ralph Cossa (Pacific Forum CSIS Occasional Papers, Honolulu, 1996). Calming the Waters: Initiatives for Asia Pacific Maritime Cooperation, edited by Sam Bateman and Stephen Bates (Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU, Canberra, 1996). The Seas Unite: Maritime Cooperation in the Asia Pacific Region, edited by Sam Bateman and Stephen Bates (Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU, Canberra, 1996). Regional Maritime Management and Security, edited by Sam Bateman and Stephen Bates (Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU, Canberra, 1998). Unresolved Futures: Comprehensive Security in the Asia-Pacific, edited by Jim Rolfe (Centre for Strategic Studies, Wellington (NZ), 1995) Conceptualising Asia-Pacific Security, edited by Mohamed Jawhar Hassan and Thangam Ramnath (ISIS Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur,1996). No Better Alternative: Comprehensive and Cooperative Security in the Asia-Pacific, edited by David Dickens (Centre for Strategic Studies, Wellington (NZ), 1997). Shipping and Regional Security, edited by Sam Bateman and Stephen Bates
(Strategic
and Defence Studies Centre, ANU, Canberra, 1998)
AUS-CSCAP NEWSLETTERThe first issue of the AUS-CSCAP Newsletter 'Australia and Security
Cooperation in the Asia Pacific' appeared in August 1995. It is intended
that there be two issues a year, approximately 6 months apart. A major
purpose of the AUS-CSCAP Newsletter is to provide a means by which government
agencies and non-governmental institutes in Australia can report on their
activities with respect to security cooperation in the Asia Pacific region.
The AUS-CSCAP Newsletter also provides a means of reporting on the activities
of the CSCAP Working Groups.
ISSUE NO. 1 AUGUST 1995
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