Contents
Preface .................................................................................. 3
Agenda ................................................................................... 5
List of Participants ................................................................ 7
BiographiesJapanese Participants .................................................... 9
Australian Participants ................................................. 16
Summary .............................................................................. 21
Talking Points ...................................................................... 51
Session 1 ....................................................................... 52
Session 2 ....................................................................... 56
Session 3 ....................................................................... 60
Preface
This report is the product of the Seventh Japan-Australia Track 1.5 Dialogue held in Tokyo in February-March 2012, consigned to the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. This dialogue was organized with the aim of producing policy recommendations for the enhancement of Japan-Australia security cooperation. In recent years, we have witnessed remarkable developments in the bilateral security relationship between Japan and Australia, represented by the issuing of the Japan-Australia Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation in March 2007 and of the Memorandum on Defense Cooperation in December 2008. More recently, Japan and Australia signed their Acquisition and Cross-servicing Agreement (ACSA) in May 2010. Reflecting these developments, a group of security and regional experts from Japan and Australia discussed in this meeting possible measures to enhance security cooperation between Japan and Australia based on three topics: 1) recent developments in China's foreign and security policy and the implications for Australia and Japan, 2) the South China Sea and maritime security, and 3) Australia-Japan security cooperation and the US.