CSCAP: shaping the future of the ASEAN Regional Forum

• Main Author: Desker, Barry
• Other Authors: D. Ball
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, NTU and Strategic & Defence Studies Centre, ANU 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science::International relations; Social sciences::Political science::Political institutions::Asia; Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP); ASEAN Regional Forum
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/156892; http://www.cscap.org/uploads/docs/CSCAP%20Reader/Assessing_Track-2-Diplomacy_Asia-Pac-Region_CSCAP-Reader.pdf
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The world is witnessing the rise of new regional powers, in particular China and India. In the twenty-first century, alongside the United States, these emerging powers will increasingly participate in and shape global institutions and discourse. Just as global institutions will be influenced by the rise of Asia, countries in the Asia Pacific will have to adapt to the norms, values and practices of global society as well. Regional multilateral institutions will play a significant role in creating such a new international consensus, especially if both regional states as well as extra-regional powers with a global presence such as the United States are represented in those institutions. The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) could play this role because of the inclusive approach on the issue of membership.