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• Title: Addressing International Terrorism in Southeast Asia: A Matter of Strategic Or Functional Approach?
• Author : Contemporary Southeast Asia
• Release Date : January 01, 2004
• Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 312 KB

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Introduction The destruction of the World Trade Centre twin towers in New York and the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 resurrected America's penchant for international crusades and global activism. Shortly after, the United States called for a worldwide coalition to combat terrorism. US policy toward Southeast Asia underwent a radical transformation as earlier post-Cold War priorities, such as economic diplomacy, democratization and human rights, became secondary to the overriding agenda of countering terrorist groups and organizations wherever they might be. Washington began seeking levels of military and diplomatic cooperation with member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) not seen since the end of the Cold War. After more than a decade of relative disengagement from the region, American concerns over Islamic extremism and alleged Al-Qaeda connections in a number of Southeast Asian countries prompted Washington to re-examine its interests and posture in that part of the world, which in the 1990s were limited to economic objectives and general political support to ASEAN. The United States dangled financial, diplomatic and military assistance to attract allies and supporters in the region in its effort to mobilize these states in the global counter-terrorism campaign. Consequently, Washington's security ties with a number of Southeast Asian countries improved dramatically as the Bush administration provided military training, intelligence support and other resources to states fighting terrorist groups in their territories.

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