國立臺灣大學政治科學論叢

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The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is the first attempt of multilateral security dialogue by Asia-Pacific countries.    Founded in 1994, the purpose of  the  ARF  is  to  promote  regional  peace  and  stability  through  its  first  and second tracks security dialogue and meetings.    This article will review the structure  and  process  of  the  ARF  conferences  and  discussions,  multilateral security  mechanism  in  Asia-Pacific  region,  and  major  participants’  attitude and policy toward the ARF.  Due  to  the  complexity  of  security  environments  in  the  region,  the differences  between  major  states  on  their  policies  toward  multilateral security organization in solving regional security issues, and the consensual approach of the ARF in its decision-making process, the ARF, so far, can do little to help security in the wider Asia-Pacific region.    However, the ARF has  been  successfully  in  promoting  the  sense  of  region  and  some  regional security   concepts,   such   as   confidence-building   measures   (CBMs)   and preventive  diplomacy,  to  be  the  basis  of  future  security  cooperation  in  the region.