ASEAN and Regional Order: Revisiting Security Community in Southeast Asia

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was founded in 1967 and has emerged as a successful regional organization. This book discusses the future of ASEAN against the backdrop of a growing US-China rivalry and the security implications of COVID-19. It explores ASEAN's history, multilateral institutions, and key concepts such as ASEAN Centrality and the Indo-Pacific security architecture. The book emphasizes the importance of ASEAN in a pivotal period of world history and will be valuable to students and scholars of international relations, regional organizations, and Asian studies.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 144 pages
\n Publication date: 31 May 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), established in 1967, has emerged as one of the world's most successful regional organizations. This comprehensive book delves into the future of ASEAN amidst a growing rivalry between the United States and China and the profound security implications of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chapters in this book trace the history of ASEAN and its multilateral institutions, including the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and the East Asia Summit (EAS), providing rare photographic material to contextualize both recent developments in regional security and projections for ASEAN's prospects. Key concepts and terms are carefully unpacked throughout, with the chapters focusing on rapidly changing international and regional environments, economic insecurities such as trade conflicts, human rights, and ASEAN identity, and offering extensive analysis of the factors challenging the principle of ASEAN Centrality and the Indo-Pacific security architecture.

The concept of a security community frames this book, although it is subject to change if intraregional discord and institutional stagnation take hold. As a discussion of ASEAN's role and future in a pivotal period of world history, ASEAN and Regional Order will be of immense value to students and scholars of international relations, regional organizations, and Asian studies more broadly.

\n Weight: 204g\n
Dimension: 138 x 214 x 24 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367641528\n \n