Cooperative Security and the Balance of Power in ASEAN and the ARF (Politics in Asia Series)

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. Emmers Questions The Dichotomy Implicit In This Interpretation And Investigates What Role The Balance Of Power Really Plays In Cooperative Security Arrangements And In The Calculations Of Their Participants. He Offers A Thorough Analysis Of The Influence The Balance Of Power Has Had On The Formation And Evolution Of Asean And The Arf And Reveals The Coexistence And Interrelationship Between Both Approaches Within The Two Institutions. The Book Contains Case Studies Of Brunei's Motives In Joining 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 Asean And The Arf, The International Politics Of The Asia-pacific, Regionalism And The Balance Of Power Theory.--jacket. 1. Regimes For Cooperative Security : The Formation And Institutional Evolution Of Asean And The Arf -- 2. The Role Of The Balance Of Power Factor Within And Beyond Regimes For Cooperative Security -- 3. The Balance Of Power Factor And The Denial Of Intra-mural Hegemony : Asean's Early Years And Its Enlargement To Include Brunei In 1984 -- 4. The Balance Of Power And Extra-mural Hegemony : Asean's Response To The Third Indochina Conflict -- 5. The Post-cold War Regional Security Context : The Role Of The Balance Of Power Factor Within The Arf -- 6. Asean's Post-cold War Involvement In The South China Sea Dispute : The Relevance Of Associative And Balance Of Power Dimensions -- Conclusion. Ralf Emmers. Series Numbered Retrospectively. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [165]-191) And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Foreword......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 14 List of abbreviations......Page 16 Introduction......Page 18 Regimes for cooperative security: the formation and institutional evolution of ASEAN and the ARF......Page 27 The role of the balance of power factor within and beyond regimes for cooperative security......Page 57 The balance of power factor and the denial of intra-mural hegemony: ASEAN's early years and its enlargement to include Brunei in 1984......Page 78 The balance of power and extra-mural hegemony: ASEAN's response to the Third Indochina Conflict......Page 102 The post-Cold War regional security context: the role of the balance of power factor within the ARF......Page 127 ASEAN's post-Cold War involvement in the South China Sea dispute: the relevance of associative and balance of power dimensions......Page 145 Conclusion......Page 170 Notes......Page 182 Index......Page 209 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.