Asia-Pacific security : US, Australia and Japan and the new security triangle / edited by William T. Tow ... [and others].

"Australian Strategic Policy Institute."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction William. T. Tow -- Setting the context : Historical overview -- Brendan Taylor and Desmond Ball -- "Contingent trilateralism?": Applications for the Trilateral security dialogue -- William T. Tow -- The trilateral strategic dialogue's institutional politics -- Michael Wesley -- The power of three -- Mark J. Thomson -- Regional dimensions: Triangularity and U.S.-Japanese relations: collaboration, collective hedging and identity politics -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto -- Trilateralism and Northeast Asia -- Yoshihide Soeya -- Trilaterism and Australia: Australia and the trilateral strategic dialogue with America and Japan -- Hugh White -- Trilateralism and the South Pacific -- Susan Windybank -- Trilateralism, Southeast Asia and multilateralism -- Taizo Watanabe and William T. Tow -- Trilateralism and the United States -- Satu P. Limaye -- Key issue areas: TSD: the economic dimensions -- Charles E. Morrison -- Trilateralism and cooperation on asymmetrical threats: Terrorism, WMD and regional instability -- Thomas S. Wilkins -- Trilateralism, ballistic missile defence, and international arms control -- Richard A. Bitzinger -- Conclusion -- William T. Tow.