TheCouncil for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP) is a "non-governmental (second track) process for dialogue on security issues in Asia Pacific."[1] There are currently twenty one member committees of CSCAP (fromAustralia,Cambodia,Canada, theEuropean Union,India,Indonesia,Japan,Malaysia,Mongolia,Myanmar,New Zealand,North Korea,Papua New Guinea, thePeople's Republic of China, thePhilippines,Russia,Singapore,South Korea,Thailand, theUnited States of America, andVietnam) and one observer (from thePacific Islands Forum). The importance of CSCAP for regional integration and for discussing sensitive issues that official diplomacy may not be able to take on have been pointed out by various international relations scholars.[2][3]
Singapore's former PresidentS R Nathan was one of the pioneers of CSCAP - setting the direction and content in its formative years.[4]
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