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The United States, Japan, and Australia have been described as the post-Cold War democratic neoliberal anchors for Asia-Pacific security. This description seems apt because liberal capitalist democracies depend on open trade and investment for growth and prosperity. Nevertheless, strategic imperatives for the three allies differ: the United States is a global power with concomitant security interests of which the Asia-Pacific is a single—albeit very important— component; Japan is a major Asian economic player whose security concerns have focused on its Northeast Asian neighbors; and Australia, although a close American ally and friend of Japan, is primarily involved with threats to Southeast Asian stability and the South Pacific. These differing—though not incompatible—priorities play out in their relations with Southeast Asia.
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Simon, S.W. (2011). The United States, Japan, and Australia: Security Linkages to Southeast Asia. In: Inoguchi, T., Ikenberry, G.J., Sato, Y. (eds) The U.S.-Japan Security Alliance. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230120150_13
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