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WORKING PAPER NO. 380 SECURITY TRENDS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION: AN EMERGING COMPLEX ARMS RACE Desmond Ball Canberra November 2003 National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry: Ball, Desmond, 1947- Security Trends in the Asia-Pacific Region: An Emerging Complex Arms Race ISBN 0 7315 5445 0. 1. National Security - Pacific Area. 2. National Security - Asia. 3. Arms race - Asia. 4. Arms race - Pacific Area. 5. Asia - Military policy. 6. Pacific Area - Military policy. I. The Australian National University . Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. II. Title. (Series: Working paper (The Australian National University. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre); no. 380). 327.174 Strategic and Defence Studies Centre The aim of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, which is located in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies in The Australian National University, is to advance the study of strategic problems, especially those relating to the general region of Asia and the Pacific. The centre gives particular attention to Australia’s strategic neighbourhood of Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific. Participation in the centre’s activities is not limited to members of the university, but includes other interested professional, diplomatic and parliamentary groups. Research includes military, political, economic, scientific and technological