Institutional collapse and shifting balance of ontological security: role of Malaysia's dual identity in the decay of ASPAC in the 1960s and 1970s/ Kei Koga

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2020Subject(s): Online resources: In: The Pacific Review : Vol. 33, No 5, September 2020, pp. 842-871 (103)Summary: This article examines the causal process of the institutional collapse of the Asia Pacific Council (ASPAC) in 1973 by focusing on Malaysia's foreign policy behavior, and highlights implications for today's ASEAN. It argues that the institutional collapse of ASPAC was caused by Malaysia's withdrawal, which stemmed from a shift in its balance of ontological security from security dependence on the UK and the West to greater political autonomy in Southeast Asia.
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This article examines the causal process of the institutional collapse of the Asia Pacific Council (ASPAC) in 1973 by focusing on Malaysia's foreign policy behavior, and highlights implications for today's ASEAN. It argues that the institutional collapse of ASPAC was caused by Malaysia's withdrawal, which stemmed from a shift in its balance of ontological security from security dependence on the UK and the West to greater political autonomy in Southeast Asia.

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