Asia Pacific Security Outlook 1999 Author:Charles E. Morrison This annual publication monitors the changing perceptions of national security environments, key defence issues, and national contributions to national and global security in the Asia Pacific. A multinational team of security experts presents 17 individual country reports - including one on India. The book covers events such as North Korea's mis... more »sile tests and the nuclear arms race in Asia and the political turmoil experienced in certain countries during 1998. All countries examined are members of the ASEAN Regional Forum, an intergovernmental collaboration promoting practical dialogue among Asia Pacific countries on key security issues. The regional overview that opens the book distils the contributors' perceptions of Asia Pacific security issues, as gleaned from their responses to a yearly survey on regional security. The watch list issues discussed in the overview include large power relations, the Korean peninsula, territorial disputes, and weapons procurement. From the 1998 edition, the Asian financial crisis was added to the list. The 1999 edition notes that because of the severity of the continuing economic crisis, regional co-operation to deal with it has not emerged to the degree initially anticipated. The major concerns in the Asia Pacific today are seen as being on the level of individual countries such as China, Indonesia and North Korea, rather than being on the level of the region as a whole.« less