Security Perspectives of the Malay Archipelago: Security Linkages in the Second Front in the War on Terrorism

by Andrew T.H. Tan

The Malay Archipelago - namely Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines - has recently risen in prominence as the 'second front' in the war on terrorism. This study argues that the Malay Archipelago constitutes a distinct sub-regional security complex within Southeast Asia due to the existence of patterns of amity and enmity, as well as transnational terrorism linkages.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published December 4, 2004