Five-Power Defence Arrangements headed by the UK
star6ng from 1971.
• In addi6on, there were some bilateral or trilateral border
security agreements and defence links (like intelligence
sharing and bilateral military exercises) among selected
ASEAN states
• As such, there was no region-wide security coopera6on in
the Asia-Pacific in the cold war period.
• It remains to be noted that for Southeast Asian security in
the cold war, ASEAN took an ac6ve role in resolving
conflicts