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The Five Power Defence Arrangements:
The Quiet Achiever
Author: Carlyle A. Thayer
Volume 3, Number 1 (February 2007), pp. 79-96.
Abstract
The Five Power Defence Arrangements came into force in 1971 as a loose consultative arrangement involving Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore. This article traces the evolution of the FPDA over the past thirty-five years. During this period the FPDA has moved beyond its initial preoccupation with the air defence of peninsula Malaysia and Singapore to area defence. The scope of FPDA exercises has gradually expanded to include combined and joint exercises. In recent years the FPDA has addressed asymmetric threats, maritime security issues and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. In sum, the FPDA has become ‘the quiet achiever’ in contributing to regional security.
About the Author
Professor of Politics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University College, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra. In 2008, Professor Thayer will take up the Inaugural Frances M. and Stephen H. Fuller Visiting Professorship at the Center of Southeast Asian Studies at Ohio University. carl.thayer@unsw.adfa.edu.au.
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