Allied security alliance planning in South-East Asia during the Cold War
from Part 4 - Alliance and concurrency pressures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 May 2025
After the Second World War, ambitions to develop a collective security arrangement among Western allies for the defence of the South-East Asia region started to emerge from many quarters. Australia and New Zealand began planning for a security alliance that would include regional nations as well as foreign powers, and Britain’s attention returned to supporting the defence of its colonial possessions. Australia and New Zealand did not achieve a security alliance initially, and defence planning in the immediate postwar years rested on a negotiated agreement focused on the British Commonwealth.
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