tagged w/ Asia-Pacific community
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The idea of an Asian pacific community is intended as a forum involving Asian and Pacific nations cooperating on matters of security, politics and the economy.
This has become a pet project for Rudd, who says "An Asia-Pacific community could also provide a vehicle for discussion and cooperation across the range of challenges with transnational reach, such as climate change, resource and food security, bio-security and terrorism"
Countries that are seen as vital to his effort are the United States, China, Japan, India, Indonesia and Russia.
This 'Forum' is said to differ with Japan's East Asian Community's in that the United States will be allowed a role, The United States is a starter in Rudd's proposal, as opposed to Japan which potentiality leaves USA out. The Asia-Pacific community could also include Russia.
Also it is better that a smaller power such as Australia introduces this, as opposed to major powers such as Japan, China or the United States. If a major power does so, smaller countries may suspect there may be some hidden or self-serving agenda.The idea of an Asian pacific community is intended as a forum involving Asian and... more
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