03212nam 22006732 450 991034515980332120151124031107.0978981451544398145154429789814279383981427938210.1355/9789814279383(CKB)2670000000112851(EBL)730989(OCoLC)751689960(SSID)ssj0000448216(PQKBManifestationID)11316053(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000448216(PQKBWorkID)10385160(PQKB)11402654(UkCbUP)CR9789814279383(OCoLC)794909433(MdBmJHUP)muse22951(DE-B1597)492265(OCoLC)1042023161(DE-B1597)9789814279383(MiAaPQ)EBC730989(MiAaPQ)EBC31782142(Au-PeEL)EBL31782142(Perlego)1160953(EXLCZ)99267000000011285120141103d2009|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe ASEAN Regional Forum /Rodolfo C. Severino1st ed.Singapore :Institute of Southeast Asian Studies,2009.1 online resource (xiii, 186 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2015).9789814279253 9814279250 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --INDEXThe 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.National securityAsiaNational securityPacific AreaNational securityNational security355.0310959Severino Rodolfo480424UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910345159803321ASEAN regional forum1137955UNINA