‘Talking Their Walk’? The Evolution of Defense Regionalism in Southeast Asia
‘Talking Their Walk’? The Evolution of Defense Regionalism in Southeast Asia
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“言行一致”？东南亚国防区域主义的演变
DOI：
10.1080/14799855.2012.723919
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2012
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See Seng Tan
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See Seng Tan
Abstract This article looks at the regionalization of defense relations in Southeast Asia from the Cold War to the present. The evolution of defense cooperation involving the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries and their dialogue-partner countries has been impressive, with the formation of the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting (ADMM) and ADMM+ defense-ministerial arrangements, themselves the beneficiaries of more established dialogue processes. Despite these developments, the aim of defense regionalism in Southeast Asia has remained decidedly modest. While “action-oriented” cooperation in various nonconventional security areas has been incorporated into its agenda, Southeast Asian defense regionalism persists largely as an exercise in informal confidence building, with at best limited and incidental forays into preventive diplomacy. In conclusion, it still lacks the strategic imperative and institutional coherence befitting a model of regionalism. This article has benefited from helpful comments from Asian Security's reviewers.
