The ASEAN Regional Security Partnership: Strengths and Limits of a Cooperative System

226 Pages·2015·2.334 MB·English

by  Angela Pennisi di Floristella (auth.)

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The ASEAN Regional
Security Partnership
Strengths and Limits of a
Cooperative System
Angela Pennisi di Floristella
University of Catania, Italy
© Angela Pennisi di Floristella 2015
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Pennisi di Floristella, Angela, 1979–
The ASEAN regional security partnership : strengths and limits of a
cooperative system / Angela Pennisi di Floristella (post-doctoral Fellow,
University of Catania, Italy).
pages cm.—(New security challenges series)
1. ASEAN. 2. Regionalism – Political aspects – Southeast Asia. 3. Security,
International – Southeast Asia. 4. National security – Southeast Asia.
5. International cooperation – Southeast Asia. 6. Southeast Asia – Politics
and government – 21st century. 7. Southeast Asia – Foreign relations –
21st century. 8. Southeast Asia – Defenses. I. Title.
JZ5333.5.A84P36 2015
3559.0310959—dc23 2015014908
To my parents and sister
Agostino, Emma and Elvira

Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments x
List of Abbreviations x ii
1 Introduction 1
The need for another book on ASEAN security 5
Regional institutions as security providers 11
Is ASEAN a security provider? 16
Structure of the book 18
2 Theories on ASEAN Security 20
Realism 20
Constructivism 26
Neoliberal institutionalism 30
The concept of regional security partnership 35
The ASEAN regional security partnership 42
An analytical framework for studying the ASEAN partnership 48
Conclusion 51
3 ASEAN Task of Prevention 53
Defining prevention 54
Rationale 56
Goals and principles 59
Institutional innovations 62
Regional mechanisms for conflict prevention 62
The development of ASEAN mechanisms 64
The creation of habits of dialogue: ‘ musyawarah ’ 68
The promotion of economic growth 70
Performance 78
The nexus between ASEAN membership and conflicts 78
Prevention and regional conflicts: the South China Sea 87
Evolution of the South China Sea dispute 89
ASEAN and domestic crises: the case of Cambodia in 1997 93
The Thailand–Cambodia border dispute 97
Conclusion 100
Annex 3.1 The APSC Blueprint: Strategies of Prevention 102
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4 ASEAN Task of Protection 104
Defining protection 105
Rationale 106
The expansion of the ASEAN security agenda 107
Data and method 108
A look at AMM joint communiqués 109
Goals and principles 113
Institutional innovations and performance 116
The case of counterterrorism 117
The harmonization of counterterrorism norms 121
Performance in counterterrorism 124
The case of disaster management 126
From cyclone Nargis to typhoon Hayan 130
Conclusion 133
5 ASEAN Task of Assurance 134
Defining assurance 135
Rationale 135
Goals and principles 137
Institutional innovations 139
Confidence building measures 139
Conflict resolution and post-conflict peace building 141
Human rights, democracy and good governance 144
Conclusion 148
Annex 5.1 The APSC blueprint: strategies of assurance 150
6 Assessment of the ASEAN RSP 152
ASEAN RSP’s performance as a security provider 154
Challenges 158
Security cultural divide and cohesion 158
Non interference and compliance 160
ASEAN and the great powers: the risk of competition 161
Conclusion 162
Notes 164
References 190
Index 207
List of Illustrations
Figures
2.1 People’s attachment to … 29
3.1 Trade with selected partners in percentage share:
total ASEAN 76
3.2 Percentage of conflicts before and after membership 79
3.3 Trends in conflict in ASEAN and the world 80
4.1 ASEAN security agenda, 1990–2010 110
4.2 Number of NTS topics discussed by the AMM, 1990–2010 113
4.3 Terrorist incidents in Southeast Asia, 1970–2010 120
Tables
2.1 Southeast Asian security arrangements 22
2.2 Military expenditure as a percentage of GDP, 1998–2013 24
2.3 The ASEAN RSP 47
3.1 ASEAN Summits 69
3.2 Average annual growth as a percentage of GDP for
selected countries 75
3.3 ASEAN total trade with selected partners 75
3.4 Southeast Asian conflicts by type, 1946–2008 81
4.1 The AMM agenda, 1990–2010 109
4.2 The ACCT: ratification dates 122
5.1 Ranking of military and police contributions to UN
operations 142
6.1 ASEAN RSP’s security policies 155
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