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Record Nr.

UNINA9910345159803321

Autore

Severino Rodolfo

Titolo

The ASEAN Regional Forum / / Rodolfo C. Severino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, , 2009

ISBN

9789814515443

9814515442

9789814279383

9814279382

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 186 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

355.0310959

Soggetti

National security - Asia

National security - Pacific Area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- PREFACE -- 1. The Beginnings -- 2. Why Join the ARF? -- 3. Does the ARF Build Confidence? -- 4. Diplomacy to Prevent What? -- 5. Cooperating on the Ground -- 6. Does the ARF Need Central Institutions? -- 7. Assessing the ARF -- APPENDICES -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is the only Asia-Pacific-wide forum for consultations and dialogue on political and security issues. Although many articles and books have been published on the ARF, this is one of the few books that treat the forum comprehensively and from the standpoint of the region itself. It traces the ARF's origins, the efforts to move it from confidence building to "preventive diplomacy", and the forces that hold them back, analysing the strategic environment that both constrains the ARF and makes it essential. The book discusses the question of participation, describes the numerous cooperative activities that the participants undertake, and deals with the issue of institutionalization. Finally, it assesses the ARF as a forum and a process on its own terms. The book is written by the former ASEAN Secretary-General and former senior official who was involved in the ARF's early years.