ASEAN's cooperative security enterprise: norms and interests in the ASEAN Regional Forum

Katsumata demonstrates that something interesting is taking place inside the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). He shows that an association of minor powers in Southeast Asia is promoting its cooperative security norm, and influencing the policies of its external partners. Thus, the ARF is one of the important pathways to regional security. INDICE: PART I: INTRODUCTION AND MAIN PROPOSITIONS - Introduction - Significance of the ARF - PART II : ASEAN'S INITIATIVE - Conventional Explanation for the Establishment of the ARF - Idea-focused Explanation for the Establishment of the ARF - ASEAN in the ARF - PART III: EXTERNAL POWERS IN THE ARF - China- United States - Australia - PART IV: CONCLUSION - East Asia and the Asia-Pacific

• ISBN: 978-0-230-22929-7
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 224
• Fecha Publicación: 20/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés