Security community, ASEAN and its member states: mutually reinforcing or a relationship of convenience?
ASEAN, despite its significant achievements and status as the most important international organization in the Southeast Asian region has constantly been met with criticisms, particularly in the role it played towards maintaining security in the region. This article seeks to examine the relation...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2020
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15640/1/39008-123840-1-SM.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15640/ http://ejournals.ukm.my/jebat/issue/view/1260 |
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| Summary: | ASEAN, despite its significant achievements and status as the most
important international organization in the Southeast Asian region
has constantly been met with criticisms, particularly in the role it
played towards maintaining security in the region. This article seeks
to examine the relationship between ASEAN (as an international
organization) and member states; in terms of how they utilize the
organization for collective security. It looks first at the evolving
concept of security followed by an examination of the theoretical
security framework in the context of “states” versus “institution”.
The article then looks at the ASEAN Way as a method utilized by its
member states in managing their affairs as well as the relationship
between ASEAN as an organization and its individual member states
in the context of security community building. The article finds that
despite its limitation as a regional organization, ASEAN and its
member states exists under the condition of mutual interdependence
when it comes to forging regional security |
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