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Constructing a security community in Southeast Asia

ASEAN and the problem of regional order

Amitav Acharya

Buch

englisch

Acharya, Amitav (Verfasser/-in) DNB

Politics in Asia series

2nd ed.

Routledge

London [u.a.]

2009

322 p.

978-0-415-41429-6

Includes bibliographical references and index

1945-
foreign relations
politics and government
asia, southeast

Table of Contents

Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia : ASEAN and the Problem of Regional Order
by Acharya, Amitav




Terms of Use
List of Illustrations
Series editor's preface
Acknowledgements
Map of Southeast Asia
The evolution of the ASEAN - Ten: a chronology
Introduction: security communities and ASEAN in theoretical perspective Why ASEAN?
1 Constructing security communities Defining security communities, Socialisation, norms and identity
The evolution and decline of security communities, Framework of the book
2 The evolution of ASEAN norms and the emergence of the 'ASEAN Way'
Non-use of force and pacific settlement of disputes, Regional autonomy or 'regional solutions for regional problems'
The doctrine of non-interference, No military pacts and preference for bilateral defence cooperation
ASEAN's sociol-cultural norms: the 'ASEAN Way' in historical perspective, Norms and identity in ASEAN's evolution
3 ASEAN and Cambodia endgame: a regional solution to a regional problem?
ASEAN's normative stakes in the Third Indochina War
Regional autonomy versus dependence on outside powers
ASEAN and the Cambodia endgame, Norms, identity and ASEAN in the Cambodia conflict
4 Extending ASEAN norms: benefits and burdens of ASEAN - 10
The process of regional accommodation: Vietnam, Testing non-interference: 'constructing engagement' with Myanmar (Burma), 1992 - 1997, Cambodia 1997 - 1999: limits to non- interference?
The impact of expansion on ASEAN's norms and identity
5 Managing intra-regional relations Intra-regional conflicts and conflict management
The Spratly Islands dispute, An arms race?
Enhancing economic interdependence, ASEAN as a 'defence community', Sovereignty, non-interference and regional problem solving
6 ASEAN and Asia Pacific security: limits of the ASEAN Way? Rethinking autonomy as a regional norm
The ARF and the ASEAN Way, The burdens and benefits of multilateralism, Conclusion
Conclusion: ASEAN as a pluralistic security community: ascendant or decadent?
The effects of ASEAN's norms, Prospects for ASEAN
Further Reading
Index

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This study offers the first serious investigation into the prospects for a security community outside the Euro-Atlantic region. It examines severalkey issues which will determine the future stability of the southeast Asian and Asia Pacific Region