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2008.
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| Summary/Abstract |
From tentative beginnings in 1971, the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA), which groups Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore have developed into a credible military cooperation arrangement with the potential to play a role in regional security, in areas such as maritime security, counter-terrorism, and disaster rescue. The FPDA has other important roles, such as a deterrent to external attack, as a CBM between Malaysia and Singapore, an enabler for Britain, Australia, and New Zealand to remain engaged in a region of importance to them, and networking, which helps to sustain long-standing military relationships dating back to the Malayan Emergency. Despite constraints, the comfortable military working relationship, the flexibility of the Arrangements, the uncertainties of the regional security environment, and the multidimensional nature of security challenges that require a coordinated response, have meant that it has become part of the post-Cold War and post-11 September regional security architecture
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