Cooperative Security And The Balance Of Power In Asean And The Arf

This book examines the role the balance of power has played in cooperative security arrangements between ASEAN and the ARF. It provides a detailed 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.

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 co-operative 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 should interest students and researchers of the ASEAN and ARF, the international politics of Southeast Asia, Regionalism and the Balance of Power theory.