Unpacking ASEAN neutrality : the quest for autonomy and impartiality in Southeast Asia

• Main Author: Emmers, Ralf
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Neutrality; ZOPFAN; Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104244; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49520
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has preferred to avoid entanglement in Great Power competition since its inception in 1967. The 1971 Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN) Declaration captured ASEAN’s aspiration to keep Southeast Asia neutral and free of external interfere...