Respond Five Power Defense Agreement (FPDA) towards Security Dynamic of Asia-Pacific Region

Latifah, Dinda Larasati

2018

Abstract

Asia-Pacific is a sub-region of Indo-Pacific which very dynamic area. The geographic location of this region also includes 3 major areas in Asia including East Asia, central Asia, southeast Asia and Australia causing it to have strategic geopolitics. Besides, the region is an international cross-border lane and the busiest cross-trade flow in world. Strategic geopolitical coupled with a wealth of biodiversity and nautical make this region attracted much attention in the world's great powers. Some big countries want to exploit the region for the national interests of each. Two of them are United States of America (USA) and China fighting for influence and often rendering this region as rivalry stage that has resulted in unstable security in the region. Therefore, FPDA which is a defense pact from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia seeks to strengthen its resistance in response to the condition. Using the literature-based and explanative method based on books, journals and media, the authors aim to examine the forms of FPDA responds toward security dynamic of this region. Discussion will be focused on "how FPDA’s respond towards unstable security dynamics in Asia-Pacific region? ". To examine it, the authors use the concept of Security Dilemma proposed by Robert Jervis. Authors finding shows that the forms of FPDA action as responding to the dynamics of regional security include: improvement of military interoperability as maritime, land and air security through joint exercises.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Latifah. and Larasati D. (2018). Respond Five Power Defense Agreement (FPDA) towards Security Dynamic of Asia-Pacific Region. In Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR, ISBN 978-989-758-493-0, pages 309-316. DOI: 10.5220/0010276400002309

in Bibtex Style

@conference{acir18,
author={Latifah and Dinda Larasati},
title={Respond Five Power Defense Agreement (FPDA) towards Security Dynamic of Asia-Pacific Region},
booktitle={Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,},
year={2018},
pages={309-316},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010276400002309},
isbn={978-989-758-493-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,
TI - Respond Five Power Defense Agreement (FPDA) towards Security Dynamic of Asia-Pacific Region
SN - 978-989-758-493-0
AU - Latifah.
AU - Larasati D.
PY - 2018
SP - 309
EP - 316
DO - 10.5220/0010276400002309