Assessing Track 2 Diplomacy in the Asia Pacific region: A CSCAP reader Edited by Desmond Ball and Kwa Chong Guan 2010

This book is intended to provide a critical assessment of the role of Trace 2 diplomacy in the Asia Pacific region, and, more specifically, of CSCAP. It describes CSCAP's formation and development, reviewing its principal activities since its establishment, particularly with respect to its relationship with the ASEAN Regional Form (ARF), its declared Track 1 counterpart. It also identifies and analyses perceived weaknesses in CSCAP's organisation and failures in its processes, some of which derive from its fundamental connections with official (governmental) agencies constituting Track 1. The main body of the book is prospective, providing analyses of current and projected development with respect to the evolving regional architectures, the increasingly "crowded" institutional landscape, the place of ASEAN and the ARF in contending architectures, the role of Track 2, and the increasing challenges of non-traditional security issues. This sets the context for the assessment of CSCAP's prospects for its next couple of decades.
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