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No need for another Asia-Pacific multilateral institution
June 11, 2008. 
The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd presented the idea of a grand interregional Asia-Pacific Institution. In this Clingendael Commentary Maaike Okano-Heijmans wonders where is this going to stop? Rather than proposing yet another multilateral forum, Australia's middle-power diplomacy should focus on a mediating role within the East Asia Summit, the ASEAN Regional Forum and the Asia Pacific Economic Council (APEC). If there is one thing to be learned from the European experience, it should be the importance of keeping cooperation transparent. Read more »