Symposium sponsored by the National Defense University.

Keynote address : the US security role in Southeast Asia : not a millstone, but a cornerstone / Richard L. Armitage -- Plenary address : the Pacific Basin and national security / Walt W. Rostow -- Asia-Pacific challenges and opportunities / Guocang Huan -- Security cooperation in Northeast Asia : patterns and prospects / Lawrence E. Grinter and Young W. Kihl -- Prospects for Japan-Republic of Korea security cooperation / Edward A. Olsen -- Economic aspects of US and Japanese policies in East Asia : a Korean view / Oh Kwan-Chi -- Plenary address : regional security trends / Ronald J. Hays -- Soviet attitudes toward the Asia-Pacific community / Parris H. Chang -- Asian security prospects : towards the 1990s / Sheldon W. Simon -- Looking through the ASEAN end of the telescope / Donald E. Weatherbee. The future of democracy and stability in the Philippines / Carolina G. Hernandez -- Pacific security and cooperation : a Thai view / Sarasin Viraphol -- Regional security : the strategic thinking of Thai military leaders / Kanala Khantaprab -- Indonesia, ASEAN, and the Pacific Basin : some security issues / J. Soedjati Djiwandono -- Regionalism in the Pacific : prospects and problems / Robert A. Scalapino -- Economics and national security : the illusion of self-reliance / Harry G. Gelber -- Plenary address : Australian perceptions of cooperative security in the southern Pacific / Peter G.F. Henderson -- The changing New Zealand defense posture / Dora Alves -- Plenary address : Pacific Island nations : perceptions of their external environment / Peter Kenilorea.