ASEAN, Sovereignty and Intervention in Southeast Asia (Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific)

Drawing on the fields of political economy and historical sociology, Jones dispels the overwhelming consensus among scholars that members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) never interfere in the internal affairs of other states, and pioneers a new approach to the understanding of regional politics in Southeast Asia. The Member-states Of The Association Of Southeast Asian Nations (asean) Are Famed For Clinging To The Principle Of Non-interference In The Internal Affairs Of Other Countries And Resisting The Shift To 'post-westphalian' Sovereignty, Much To The Derision Of Many Critics. Yet The Historical Record Shows That Southeast Asian States Have Also Been Involved In Subversion, Invasion, Annexation, Proxy Warfare, Peacekeeping, State-building And Humanitarian Interventions. How Do We Make Sense Of This Apparent Contradiction, And What Is The Real State Of Sovereignty In Southeast Asia Today? Critiquing Mainstream Constructivist And Realist Accounts, This Book Offers A Fresh, Revisionist History Of Asean. Drawing On Political Economy, Political Geography And State Theory, It Offers A New Approach To Theorizing Sovereignty And Intervention As Technologies Of Power. Focusing On Asean States' Interventions In Burma, Cambodia And East Timor, It Argues That The Selective Application Of Sovereignty Norms Reflects Power Struggles Within Southeast Asian Societies. -- Publisher Description. Introduction: Asean And Non-interference: A Misplaced Consensus Structure Of The Book 1. Theorising Sovereignty And Intervention ---- Part I. The Cold War. 2. The Social Foundations Of Asean And 'non-interference' --- 3. East Timor: Asean And Third-world Colonialism --- 4. Cambodia: Representation, Refugees And Rebels ---- Part Ii. The Post-cold War Period. 5. Asean After The Cold War: Capital, Crisis, Conflict --- 6. Cambodia: From Cold War To Conditionality --- 7. East Timor: Interdependence And Intervention --- 8. Burma: Asean's Image And The 'regional Interest' ---- Conclusions. Lee Jones. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Introduction....Pages 1-9 Theorising Sovereignty and Intervention....Pages 10-35 Front Matter....Pages 37-37 The Social Foundations of ASEAN and ‘Non-Interference’....Pages 39-57 East Timor: ASEAN and Third-World Colonialism....Pages 58-74 Cambodia: Representation, Refugees and Rebels....Pages 75-91 Front Matter....Pages 93-93 ASEAN after the Cold War: Capital, Crisis, Conflict....Pages 95-127 Cambodia: From Cold War to Conditionality....Pages 128-149 East Timor: Interdependence and Intervention....Pages 150-179 Burma: ASEAN’s Image and the ‘Regional Interest’....Pages 180-210 Conclusions....Pages 211-228 Back Matter....Pages 229-262 Drawing on the fields of political economy and historical sociology, Lee dispels the overwhelming consensus among scholars that members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) never interfere in the internal affairs of other states, and pioneers a new approach to the understanding of regional politics in Southeast Asia.