2. ASEM and Southeast Asian Countries’ Foreign Policy: Case Study: The Issue of Myanmar in the 2004 ASEM Enlargement

2014 ◽  
pp. 64-97 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

scholarly journals Indonesia in ASEAN

1997 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-91
Author(s):  
Osman Suliman
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries ◽  
Do So

This book analyzes Indonesia's political and economic commitment toASEAN. ASEAN compri es six Southeast Asian countries: Brunei, Indonesia,Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. To clarify that commitment,Anwar makes a deliberate attempt to investigate ASEAN's underlying assumptions.Specifically, the organization is intended to promote harmony and peacein the region, given that ASEAN countries are relatively more politically stableand economically developed compared to the nearby [ndochinese states. Inadrution, ASEAN has been perceived as attempting to manage regional orderagrunst nonregional powers such as Chma while strengthening Western ties. Theauthor examines these assumptions on the premise that ASEAN is mainly a distinctivevehicle of Indonesian foreign policy. To do so, he follows Wein tein'sapproach, which I based on the uses of foreign policy, that is, his analysis does not adopt a common theory. Thus, he unintentionally goes back and forth to verify what seems to be the main theme of the book: how Indonesia sought regionalleadership through ASEAN to achieve its main goals of foreign policy ...

scholarly journals Realism in the Trans ASEAN Gas Pipeline Project

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-98
Author(s):  
Rahmadha Akbar Syah ◽  
Zaki Khudzaifi Mahmud
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Gas Pipeline ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Pipeline Project ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

To improve connectivity and energy security, especially natural gas, Southeast Asian countries, under the cooperation of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), are trying to build a gas pipeline that stretches from Indonesia to Myanmar. The project is called the Trans ASEAN Gas Pipeline (TAGP) under the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) scheme. However, regional countries are still dealing with their domestic problems, and there are fears that TAGP is detrimental to producer countries, resulting in the delay of this project as much by as four years – from 2020 to 2024. The uncertainty of the TAGP project further emphasizes that there is a tendency for countries not to adhere to the ASEAN forum’s agreements. Especially if it has to be juxtaposed with the Russian Gas Pipeline project which was built to distribute natural gas to Western European countries, TAGP is still far behind. In designing this paper, the authors use qualitative methods through literature studies by referring to the realism approach of International Relations to dissect TAGP problems. Furthermore, the author also feels the need to accommodate the neorealism approach to be used as a supportive approach in looking at the issues of disobedience in regional countries in supporting the TAGP scheme. Also, the authors conducted a brief comparison between TAGP and the Russian Gas Pipeline to be used as a case study analysis material that would later provide answers of why TAGP failed to go as planned.Keywords: realism, neorealism, TAGP, Russian Gas Pipeline

scholarly journals On the features of the peripheral diplomacy of the PRC and relations with ASEAN countries

2020 ◽  
pp. 29-44
Author(s):  
А.А. Zabella ◽  
◽  
E.Yu. Katkova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
One Belt One Road ◽  
China’S Foreign Policy ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
The One ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

The article defines the basic postulates of China's peripheral diplomacy and its features. The authors analyze the basics of China's foreign policy, as well as its policy towards the ASEAN. The authors focus on the "One belt, one road" initiative and the Indo-Pacific strategy, as well as the struggle between China and the United States for the loyalty of Southeast Asian countries.

Great power rivalry and the agency of secondary states: a study based on China’s relations with Southeast Asian countries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Zha
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Great Power ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Predominant Role ◽  
Dual Strategy ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

Abstract In recent years, many observers perceive ascendant Chinese influence in Southeast Asia. Existing research attributes China’s recent advances in the region to Beijing’s successful implementation of a dual strategy of coercion and inducement or Washington’s lack of commitments to the region. In a departure from the literature, this article emphasizes the agency of Southeast Asian states. It argues that great power competition empowers the secondary states by reducing their vulnerability, increasing available resources, and lending credibility to their threat of exists. As a result, domestic agenda plays a predominant role in determining a secondary state’s foreign policy orientation. To illustrate this proposition, the changing dynamics of China’s relations with Myanmar and the Philippines are examined closely. This article demonstrates that although the two states had realigned away from China since 2010–11, new agendas that emerged from their domestic politics in late 2016 tipped the balance in favor of China.

scholarly journals A Study on the Attainment of Regional Peace: Insinuation of Johan Galtung’s Philosophy of Peace in Southeast Asian Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Taha Husain
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Nuclear Nonproliferation ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
Culture Of Peace ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

<p><em>The purpose of this study is to scrutinize the insinuation of Galtung’s </em><em>“</em><em>positive</em><em>”</em><em> and </em><em>“</em><em>negative</em><em>”</em><em> peace in southeast Asian countries. Applying the qualitative research methodology and a case study approach, this study finds a relation of Galtung’s’ peace theory and peaceful coexistence in contemporary Southeast Asian nations. This study reveals that the southeast Asian nation-states beneath the authority of ASEAN’s regionalism have efficaciously been managed its negative peace since the 1970s. The execution of positive peace, on the other hand, had instigated with the enactment of treaty, accord and agreement since the 1980s. This regional organization has taken numerous strategies, which contributes to speed up its economy, improve social lifespan and develop a culture of peace in this area. The zone which was once well-known for its mutual confrontation, hostility and conflict, has now converted diplomatic. Its non-coercive approaches, soft diplomacy and, nuclear nonproliferation has now turned into a pioneer characteristic for the conflict-prone regions of the world. </em></p>

scholarly journals Możliwości zastosowania azjatyckiego modelu rozwojowego w wybranych krajach Azji Południowo-Wschodniej

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 164-180
Author(s):  
Marceli Hązła
Keyword(s):  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Attractive Alternative ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Asian Development ◽  
Post War ◽  
Relative Similarity ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

The applicability of the Asian development model in selected Southeast Asian countries The aim of this article was to analyze the applicability of the Asian development model in selected Southeast Asian countries. The presentation of the main assumptions of the model together with an analysis of the initial conditions of Japan from 1950–1960 allowed for a comparison, of which the conclusion was the relative similarity of Vietnamese and Laotian economies to post-war Japan. Next, the case study of China’s policies endeavoured to highlight the adaptability of the model to domestic specifities. Henceforth, the article aimed at formulating policies featuring the usage of Asian development model, which could be implemented by Vietnam and Laos. Its main conclusion was the observation, that after adjusting certain assumptions of the model to domestic conditions, it still remains an attractive alternative for countries wishing to pursue development through industrialisation.

scholarly journals Economic Relations of India with the Countries of Southeast Asia – Foreign Trade Aspect

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1(50)) ◽  
pp. 66-72
Author(s):  
Elena A. Bragina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Trade Expansion ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Negative Balance ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

The article examines India's trade policy towards Southeast Asian countries as part of the implementation of India's Look East policy and the foreign policy principle Neighborhood is first. India's foreign trade expansion intensifies the confrontation between the interests of India and the PRC in Southeast Asia. A statistical analysis of the state of trade operations between India and the countries of Southeast Asia for the last five years is given, based on which the author draws a conclusion that the main problem of India in trade with the countries of Southeast Asia is a negative balance, large and stable. Undoubtedly, to eliminate it, or at least reduce it, India will undertake serious efforts in the coming years, primarily aimed at expanding exports to the markets of the Southeast Asian countries of its products.

scholarly journals Stringent Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Are Crucial for Curbing COVID-19 Transmission in the Course of Vaccination: A Case Study of South and Southeast Asian Countries

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1292
Author(s):  
Zebin Zhao ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
Feng Liu ◽  
Rui Jin ◽  
Chunfeng Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
Herd Immunity ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Nonpharmaceutical Interventions ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

The ongoing spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in most South and Southeast Asian countries has led to severe health and economic impacts. Evaluating the performance of nonpharmaceutical interventions in reducing the number of daily new cases is essential for policy designs. Analysis of the growth rate of daily new cases indicates that the value (5.47%) decreased significantly after nonpharmaceutical interventions were adopted (1.85%). Vaccinations failed to significantly reduce the growth rates, which were 0.67% before vaccination and 2.44% and 2.05% after 14 and 28 d of vaccination, respectively. Stringent nonpharmaceutical interventions have been loosened after vaccination drives in most countries. To predict the spread of COVID-19 and clarify the implications to adjust nonpharmaceutical interventions, we build a susceptible–infected–recovered–vaccinated (SIRV) model with a nonpharmaceutical intervention module and Metropolis–Hastings sampling in three scenarios (optimistic, neutral, and pessimistic). The daily new cases are expected to decrease rapidly or increase with a flatter curve with stronger nonpharmaceutical interventions, and the peak date is expected to occur earlier (5–20 d) with minimum infections. These findings demonstrate that adopting stringent nonpharmaceutical interventions is the key to alleviating the spread of COVID-19 before attaining worldwide herd immunity.

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