A few steps in this direction have already been taken within the ARF framework, including the publication for more than a decade of an Annual Security Outlook based on contributions from ARF countries. In 2010, ARF ministers widened the Outlook’s scope with the Simplified Standardized Format, which includes publication of national defense doctrines, defense expenditure, and the total number of personnel in a country’s armed forces.
在亚太地区实施这些措施可以大大提升亚洲国家之间的信心和互信。而朝着这个方面的一些步骤已经在东盟区域论坛的框架下得到了推进，包括近十几年来每年都利用成员国所提供的信息发布《年度安全展望》。在2010年，参加东盟区域论坛的部长们利用一个简化的标准格式扩大了展望的范围，其中包括公布国家国防方针，国防支出以及各国武装部队总兵力。