A new regional order in South‐East Asia: ASEAN in the post‐cold war era: Introduction

1993 ◽  
Vol 33 (279) ◽  
pp. 3-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amitav Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
Cold War Era ◽  
Regional Order

New Regional Order

2019 ◽  
pp. 189-204
Author(s):  
Simon Creak
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
The Political ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Cold War Culture ◽  
The World ◽  
Regional Order ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
The Cold War

Despite being minnows on the world stage, Thailand and the newly independent countries of Southeast Asia embraced sport during the Cold War as a means of nation and region building. This essay examines the political dimensions of the South East Asia Peninsular Games—the precursor of today’s Southeast Asian Games—founded in 1959 by US ally Thailand. This event reflected and reinforced the Cold War culture of Thailand and Southeast Asia. The games embodied motifs of regional friendship and antagonism between the “free” anti-Communist and neutralist nations of peninsular Southeast Asia; domestically, they embodied key themes in the domestic Cold War culture of Thailand, including nationalism, developmentalism, the revival of the monarchy, and militarization. This essay examines the Thai military junta’s objectives in founding the event, the effectiveness of the inaugural South East Asia Peninsular (SEAP) Games, and the cultural and semiotic features that reinforced the games’ major themes.

scholarly journals Japan’s Diplomatic Strategy toward East Asia: Creation and Evolution of ‘Dual-Track Diplomacy’ in the Post-Cold War Era

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kei Koga
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Persian Gulf War ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
Alliance Networks ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Future ◽  
Cold War Era ◽  
Two Factors

AbstractJapan’s diplomatic strategy toward East Asia underwent three main changes in the post-Cold War era. The first change occurred soon after the 1991 Persian Gulf War propelled Japan to consider a potential way to contribute to international security, resulting in the creation of dual-track diplomacy. The second was the consolidation of Japan’s dual-track diplomacy by strengthening the US–Japan alliance and supporting the ASEAN’s multilateral initiatives in the early 2000s. The third was the enhancement of Japan’s own security efforts to maintain regional stability while making the most of the existing political and security mechanisms in East Asia—multilateralizing US alliance networks and enhancing the ASEAN-led multilateral frameworks. In the future, two factors would likely play a critical role in shaping Japan’s diplomatic strategy: the degree of the future US commitment to the alliance with Japan and the level of China’s assertiveness.

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