Abstract

Since the World War II, the Asia Pacific region was bound by the Cold War two superpowers between the United States and the Soviet Union. After the end of the Cold War, the multilateral security cooperation in Asia Pafific has been set up by the countries in Southeast Asia. In fact, the process of Asia Pacific’s multilateral security cooperation both develop at the “official level” and “unofficial level” at the same time, that is the unique “Daul-Tracks” model of this region. The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is responsible for the “Track One” diplomacy, and the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific(CSCAP) is responsible for the “Track Two” diplomacy. The “Track Two” diplomacy means the professional people ,experts and the people with offical background have the unofficial policy-revelant inter-state interaction through the knowledge, technology, and professional information.There is an unique characteristic of the “Track Two” diplomacy in Asia Pacific, a lots of government officals in private capacity join in the unofficial dialogues, and these unofficial dialogues are recognized by the government. The purpose of thses unofficial dialogues service the “Trakc One” diplomacy. The CSCAP is the most complete, most open, most positive, and the largest track-two diplomatic organization in Asia Pacific. The CSCAP is the case of this study, to reserch its development and position the interaction and relations with the ARF. Try to understand the influence of CSCAP, the track two diplomacy organization of regional multilateral security cooperation, to security affairs in Asia Pacific. And to discuss the fiction, development, and transformation of track two diplomacy in Asia Pacific. To prove the track two diplomacy can indeed be a supporting institution and to gain a meaningful conclusion. Otherwise, try to offer some suggestions about what Taiwan can do in CSCAP and track two diplomacy mechanism in the future that make Taiwan breakthrough the current status of diplomatic dilemma.

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