Why the 'world's policeman' cannot retire in Southeast Asia : a critical assessment of the 'East Timor model'
| dc.contributor.advisor | Christoffersen, Gaye | |
| dc.contributor.author | Clark, Ian | |
| dc.contributor.secondreader | Miller, H. Lyman | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-03-14T17:47:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-03-14T17:47:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The United States has sought a willing regional actor to carry a larger share of the burden to maintain Southeast Asian security and stability-without diminishing its regional leadership role-since assuming the position from the British after WWII. In 1999, Australia led a peacekeeping force into East Timor, ostensibly fulfilling a long held desire by the United States to reduce its worldwide commitments. However, as other international organizations have demonstrated, the United States is obliged to accept a disproportionate burden of providing the public good of international security and stability. In Southeast Asia, where post-colonial states such as Indonesia are narrowly avoiding disintegration, the United States as the regional hegemon, must recognize its responsibility to carry a disproportionate share of the costs to maintain stability. In endeavoring to replicate the approach to the East Timor crisis and use it as a model for future peacekeeping scenarios, the United States will not consistently find a regional actor to duplicate the role Australia performed. Without U.S. leadership, and absent a UN force or regional actor capable of quickly deploying a peacekeeping force to a rapidly deteriorating situation, it is implausible that a comparable future crisis will be resolved without unacceptable humanitarian costs. | en_US |
| dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. | |
| dc.description.service | Major, United States Marine Corps | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/whyworldspolicem109455919 | |
| dc.format.extent | viii, 91 p. ; | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10945/5919 | |
| dc.publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Asia-Pacific Security | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Peace Operations | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | United States Foreign Policy | en_US |
| dc.title | Why the 'world's policeman' cannot retire in Southeast Asia : a critical assessment of the 'East Timor model' | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| etd.thesisdegree.discipline | National Security Affairs | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.name | M.A. in National Security Affairs | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.name | Master of Arts | en_US |
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