“The Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (Australia, Japan, the US) and its Relevance
for Southeast Asia”
by
Dr Sheldon Simon
Professor of Political Science
Arizona State University
Monday, 26 October 2009
10:30-12:00 hrs
IISS-Asia Meeting Room
9 Raffles Place, #53-02 Republic Plaza I, Singapore 048619
Since 2005, Japan, Australia, and the United States have been engaged in "The Trilateral Strategic Dialogue", an exercise designed to bring America's strongest Asian ally (Japan) and its closest ally (Australia) together as strategic partners. Southeast Asians are somewhat sceptical of its purpose and are concerned that it could detract from other regional arrangements, specifically the ASEAN Regional Forum. Professor Simon's talk will ask is the Strategic Dialogue important, and are Southeast Asian concerns warranted?
SHELDON SIMON (Ph.D. University of Minnesota) is Professor of Political Science specializing in Southeast Asian security at Arizona State University where he has been on the faculty since 1975. A consultant to the U.S. State and Defense Departments, Professor Simon is also an academic associate of the U.S. National Intelligence Council. He is the author or editor of ten books, most recently co-edited volumes: Religion and Conflict in South and Southeast Asia: Disrupting Violence (Routledge, 2007) and China, the United States and Southeast Asia: Contending Perspectives on Politics, Economics, and Security (Routledge, 2008). Simon has also written approximately 150 scholarly articles and book chapters in such journals as Contemporary Southeast Asia, The Pacific Review, Pacific Affairs, Asian Survey, Asian Affairs, The Australian Journal of International Affairs, NBR Analysis, and Comparative Connections: An E-Journal of East Asian Bilateral Relations. For the 2008-2009 academic year, Professor Simon held the Visiting Asia Mentor Professorship at the US Naval War College.
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[IISS-Asia is pleased to acknowledge the financial support of the Australian Department of Defence for this seminar series.]
