This paper sets out ot consider the relationship between conflict and regional order within South-east Asia, with particular reference to the major revival of conflict in Indochina which occurred at the turn of the decade. To this end, the paper examines the constituent elements of regional conflict, the attendant interests and roles of states outside and within the region and, in their light, the prospects for a viable system of regional order. As a background it begins with a review of the prevailing pattern of conflict within South-east Asia since August 1945.

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