Reassessing ASEAN
HENDERSON Jeannie
Reassessing ASEAN - Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1999 - 85p. - Adelphi papers 328 .
Analysis of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) arranged in three sections. These deal with ASEAN's record, ASEAN's challenges, and ASEAN in the Asia Pacific context. Concludes that the culture of avoiding problems instead of trying to solve them remains an important flaw; that non intervention has prevented ASEAN realising expectations that it could manage regional problems; that the USA remains indispensable to the region but anti U.S. sentiment among some ASEAN members means ASEAN's role is less important than bilateral relations; and finally that ASEAN's future depends primarily on developments in Indonesia. Includes 2 maps of maritime claims and occupations in the South China Sea.
0199224315 (pbk.): 15.99 UK
ASEAN--ROLE
REGIONAL SECURITY
Reassessing ASEAN - Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1999 - 85p. - Adelphi papers 328 .
Analysis of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) arranged in three sections. These deal with ASEAN's record, ASEAN's challenges, and ASEAN in the Asia Pacific context. Concludes that the culture of avoiding problems instead of trying to solve them remains an important flaw; that non intervention has prevented ASEAN realising expectations that it could manage regional problems; that the USA remains indispensable to the region but anti U.S. sentiment among some ASEAN members means ASEAN's role is less important than bilateral relations; and finally that ASEAN's future depends primarily on developments in Indonesia. Includes 2 maps of maritime claims and occupations in the South China Sea.
0199224315 (pbk.): 15.99 UK
ASEAN--ROLE
REGIONAL SECURITY