10 October 2011
MN21 | From ‘Boots’ to ‘Brogues’: The Rise of Defence Diplomacy in Southeast Asia
RSIS Monograph No. 21
This monograph focuses on the increasing importance of defence diplomacy efforts in understanding the regional security architecture of the Asia Pacific. A compilation of chapters from experts within and outside the region, from both the policy and academic community, it discusses defence diplomacy in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia Pacific from the institutional, individual country-based as well as great powers’ perspective. The main point to emerge was that defence diplomacy has become an important tool for states’ foreign and security policy to ensure regional stability.
RSIS Monograph No. 21
This monograph focuses on the increasing importance of defence diplomacy efforts in understanding the regional security architecture of the Asia Pacific. A compilation of chapters from experts within and outside the region, from both the policy and academic community, it discusses defence diplomacy in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia Pacific from the institutional, individual country-based as well as great powers’ perspective. The main point to emerge was that defence diplomacy has become an important tool for states’ foreign and security policy to ensure regional stability.
