The Five Power Defence Arrangements

Ang describes the development of the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA), an important security regional arrangement, from its inception to the present from the perspectives of the five FPDA allies.

Ang Cheng Guan is Professor of the International History of Southeast Asia and Associate Dean of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Introduction 1. Replacing AMDA 2. Negotiating the FPDA 3. The First 20 Years 4. After the Cold War 5. Towards 50 and Beyond Conclusion