The concept of 'human security'has captured the attention of both national
policy-makers and independentanalysts throughout Asia. Its most compelling
feature is an emphasis on thesocial, economic, and political well being of
individuals, linking internationalsecurity to the community and to the
individual rather than restricting it tothe purview of the state. The concept is
especially relevant to an Asia-Pacificregion which is experiencing immense
structural changes. In this volume theauthors offer several proposals for
integrating traditional and human securityapproaches, including supplementing
the ASEAN Regional Forum with a more'Asia-centric' security dialogue structure,
developing groups of experts or'epistemic communities' that could more readily
influence policy-making elitesin the region, and linking grass-roots
environmental groups,