| Cooperative Security and the Balance of Power in ASEAN and the ARF Contributor(s): Emmers, Ralf (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415309921 ISBN-13: 9780415309929 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $218.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the ASEAN regional forum (ARF) Emmers questions the dichotomy implicit in this interpretation and investigates what role the balance of power really plays in such cooperative security arrangements and in the calculations of the participants of ASEAN and the ARF. He offers a thorough analysis of the influence the balance of power has had on the formation and evolution of the ASEAN and ARF and reveals the co-existence and inter-relationship between both approaches within the two institutions. The book contains case studies of Brunei's motives in joining the ASEAN in 1984; ASEAN's response to the Third Indochina Conflict; the workings of the ARF since 1994 and ASEAN's involvement in the South China Sea dispute. It will interest students and researchers of the ASEAN and ARF, the international politics of Southeast Asia, Regionalism and the Balance of Power theory. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 327.170 |
| LCCN: 2002154337 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Series: Politics in Asia |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.06 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book, Emmers addresses the key question: to what extent may the balance of power play a part in such cooperative security arrangements and in the calculations of the participants of ASEAN and the ART? He investigates the role of the power balance in detailed examinations of the creation of the forum, ASEAN's response to the Indochina conflict and the South China sea dispute. |