The Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) was important in this following its formation in 1993, and continues today to address issues critical to the security of the region. [...] A decade later the Lyons Government attempted to establish a “pact” of “non-aggression and consultation between all the countries of the Pacific” – and saw it embracing “a general declaration of economic and cultural collaboration.” Following World War II, there were a number of externally-driven regional initiatives - including the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pa. [...] PECC is a leader in the economic area; the 3 security dialogue, the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) was an initiative of strategic studies centres in Australia and nine other countries in the region. [...] Also, given the complexity of the region – the influence of Islamic, Buddhist, Confucian, democratic and communist traditions; the divisive impact of a century of colonialism; and the conflicts resulting from the Cold War – there is a felt need for specifically community-building dialogue. [...] The sharpening competition between China and the United States – so central in the new strategic environment – threatens to divide the Indo-Pacific, including through the promotion of rival institutional architecture.
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