Title ASEAN's cooperative security enterprise : norms and interests in the ASEAN regional forum / Hiro Katsumata

Published Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 204 pages) : illustrations Series Critical studies of the Asia Pacific series Critical studies of the Asia Pacific series. Contents PART I: INTRODUCTION AND MAIN PROPOSITIONS -- Introduction -- Significance of the ARF -- PART II : ASEAN'S INITIATIVE -- Conventional Explanation for the Establishment of the ARF -- Idea-focused Explanation for the Establishment of the ARF -- ASEAN in the ARF -- PART III: EXTERNAL POWERS IN THE ARF -- China -- United States -- Australia -- PART IV: CONCLUSION -- East Asia and the Asia-Pacific Summary Does the cooperative security enterprise of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) matter? If so, in what sense? Can the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) be regarded as one of the pathways to regional security in Asia? Most students of Asian security regard the ARF as a useless 'talking shop' in which no significant measure to achieve security has been instituted. However, this book demonstrates that something interesting is taking place inside this talking shop. It shows that an association of minor powers in Southeast Asia is promoting its cooperative security norm, thereby influencing the policies of its external partners, such as China, the US and Australia. The overarching conclusion of this book is that ASEAN's cooperative security enterprise does matter, and the ARF is an important pathway to regional security. Such a conclusion suggests that ASEAN's cooperative security enterprise is a reasonable model for security cooperation in an East Asian community "ASEANs Security Enterprise explores the significance of ASEANs cooperative security enterprise the questions of whether and in what sense this enterprise matters"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject ASEAN Regional Forum. SUBJECT ASEAN Regional Forum fast Association of South-East Asian Nations Regional Forum gnd Subject Security, International -- Asia Security, International -- Pacific Area National security -- Asia National security -- Pacific Area TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. HISTORY -- Military -- Other. Military policy National security Politics and government Security, International Sicherheitspolitik SUBJECT Asia -- Politics and government -- 21st century Pacific Area -- Politics and government -- 21st century Asia -- Military policy Pacific Area -- Military policy Subject Asia Pacific Area Südostasien Form Electronic book LC no. 2009044940 ISBN 9780230277038 0230277039

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