Download full text
(external source)
Citation Suggestion
Please use the following Persistent Identifier (PID) to cite this document:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-4-2953
Exports for your reference manager
Still in the "drivers' seat", but for how long? ASEAN's capacity for leadership in East-Asian international relations
[journal article]
Abstract This paper assesses the capacity of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to moderate great-power relations in East Asia, especially in light of recent regional developments that have challenged ASEAN's traditional modus operandi and its corporate cohesion. The first of three sections a... view more
This paper assesses the capacity of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to moderate great-power relations in East Asia, especially in light of recent regional developments that have challenged ASEAN's traditional modus operandi and its corporate cohesion. The first of three sections argues that capacity emerges not from institutional arrangements but rather the social relationships that give rise to particular institutions, and therefore can only be understood relationally. A number of key relationships are highlighted and explored in the rest of the paper. First, the relationships among regional great powers, which are considered in section two. Second, the relationships among ASEAN states, and between ASEAN states and their own societies, which are considered in section three. The paper's basic argument is that the first set of relationships is essentially what gives ASEAN its capacity to play a wider regional role. However, it also sets profound constraints for what this role can involve in practical terms. The second set of relationships also creates serious and deep constraints that are often not well understood. However, despite the serious limitations on ASEAN’s leadership role, unless the first set of relationships change, this role is likely to continue, regardless of how frustrating or ineffectual it might be.... view less
Keywords
international relations; great power; Southeast Asia; ASEAN; regionalism; Far East
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Free Keywords
East Asian Studies; East Asia; ASEAN Regional Forum; international relations; regionalism; great powers; institutions; capacity; Southeast Asia; 1990-2010
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 95-113
Journal
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 29 (2010) 3
ISSN
1868-4882
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works