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Title: | Essence of security communities: explaining ASEAN | Authors: | Chang, Jun Yan | Keywords: | ASEAN Security Community |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Source: | Chang, J. Y. (2016). Essence of security communities: explaining ASEAN. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 16(3), 335-369. | Series/Report no.: | International Relations of the Asia-Pacific | Abstract: | Despite declaring the ASEAN Community to come into effect on 31 December 2015, ASEAN is not a security community. This article demonstrates this by firstly identifying three models of the security community, the Deutschian, the constructivist, and the instrumental models and subsequently applying these to ASEAN. Although the paradox of the ‘long peace’ of ASEAN seems to be validated by the latter, such is mistaking effect for cause. Through a process of critique, the shortfalls of the models are highlighted and consequently addressed through conjoining Critical Security Studies to the ‘security community’ concept in a Model IV critical security community formulation to achieve a holistic and comprehensive concept relevant to the world today. Employing this to assess ASEAN, the puzzle of whether ASEAN is a security community is laid to rest; its security is not truly comprehensive, its people are not emancipated, and its various domestic and transnational instabilities affect it adversely. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84678 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41903 |
ISSN: | 1470-482X | DOI: | 10.1093/irap/lcv026 | Schools: | S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies | Rights: | © 2016 The author. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication in International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, published by Oxford University Press in association with the Japan Association of International Relations on behalf of the author. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/irap/lcv026]. | Fulltext Permission: | open | Fulltext Availability: | With Fulltext |
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