NBR Special Report no. 16

Assessing the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue

by Rory Medcalf, William T. Tow, Sheldon W. Simon, Akihiko Tanaka, Michael Auslin, and Zhu Feng

December 1, 2008

Recent efforts to introduce “minilateral” cooperation by expanding trilateral security cooperation between Australia, Japan, and the United States—an initiative known as the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD)—are particularly noteworthy and warrant special attention. The articles in this report provide findings and policy recommendations regarding the TSD’s future.

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The Trilateral Strategic Dialogue: Facilitating Community-Building or Revisiting Containment

William T. Tow

Shaping a Pacific Future: Washington’s Goal for the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue

Michael Auslin

Squaring the Triangle: An Australian Perspective on Asian Security Minilateralism

Rory Medcalf

Trilateral Strategic Dialogue: a Japanese Perspective

Akihiko Tanaka

TSD—Euphemism for Multiple Alliance?

Zhu Feng

The United States, Japan, and Australia: Security Linkages to Southeast Asia

Sheldon W. Simon