The Advent of the APT for Security Cooperation, if the Asian financial crisis starting from
1997, Asian economies took a plunge for the worst. The APT is set for dealing with political security and transnational issues. For example, the APT was used to deal with non-traditional security issues like the SARS outbreak, piracy and terrorism. Similar to ARF, the APT is supported by track two organizations. There are Network of East Asian Think-tanks(NEAT) and East Asia Forum (EAF) launched in 2003. They provide research findings and policy recommendations to the APT process.