CSCAP Structure

Members and Committees

CSCAP was established with research institutes from ten countries as founding members: the five original ASEAN member countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, excluding Brunei), Japan, South Korea, the U.S., Canada (which has since withdrawn), and Australia. Under its Charter, each institute represents its country by forming a Member Committee. 

Subsequently, New Zealand (June 1994), Mongolia (June 1996), Vietnam (December 1996), China (December 1996), and the EU (December 1998) officially joined. In June 2000, India (a provisional member since December 1994), Papua New Guinea (now withdrawn), Cambodia, Brunei (December 2001), Myanmar (June 2016), and Laos (May 2018) became new official members.

Taiwan is permitted to participate in working groups as an observer in an individual expert capacity. The Secretariat of CSCAP Japan is operated by the Japan Institute of International Affairs, which is listed as a founding member under the CSCAP Charter.

*For details on the CSCAP members and committees, please refer to the URL below.
http://www.cscap.org/index.php?page=member-committees-page

CSCAP Steering Committee

CSCAP activities are guided by a Steering Committee which meets twice a year in June and in December. The co-chairs for the current period are Professor Suchit Bunbongkarn from CSCAP Thailand and Professor Anthony Milner from CSCAP Australia.

Secretariat

The Secretariat is currently located in Kuala Lumpur at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia. The Secretariat's expenditure is funded by contributions from its member countries.

Website of the Secretariat:
http://www.cscap.org/