The ASEAN Regional Forum and Preventive Diplomacy: A Failure in Practice
Various reasons purport to explain why the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) has failed to evolve from confidence-building to preventive diplomacy (PD). These include the ARF’s large membership and weak institutional structures, its strict adherence to the sovereignty and non-interference principles as...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-880952020-11-01T08:43:32Z The ASEAN Regional Forum and Preventive Diplomacy: A Failure in Practice Emmers, Ralf Tan, See Seng S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science Various reasons purport to explain why the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) has failed to evolve from confidence-building to preventive diplomacy (PD). These include the ARF’s large membership and weak institutional structures, its strict adherence to the sovereignty and non-interference principles as enshrined within the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) that contradict any effective implementation of PD, and contrasting strategic perspectives among its key participants. While these factors have certainly hindered security cooperation, none of these are sufficient conditions by themselves since they have not impeded other regional arrangements from engaging in PD. The claim here is that the ARF has evolved into a highly formal forum which, in combination with other oft-cited factors, has inhibited the adoption of a preventive diplomacy agenda and actionable PD measures. Indeed, the formalization of the ASEAN Way has in effect rendered the ARF a highly inflexible institution, making difficult the evolution towards PD. The problem appears less to be the ASEAN Way per se than a rigid interpretation and practice of the convention. When deliberately kept informal and flexible, the convention has in fact facilitated the adoption of PD measures, no matter how preliminary, by their host institutions. 2016-03-03T03:38:46Z 2019-12-06T16:55:52Z 2016-03-03T03:38:46Z 2019-12-06T16:55:52Z 2009 Working Paper Emmers, R., & Tan, S. S. (2009). The ASEAN Regional Forum and Preventive Diplomacy: A Failure in Practice. (RSIS Working Paper, No. 189). Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88095 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40202 en RSIS Working Papers, 189-09 Nanyang Technological University 37p. application/pdf |
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Various reasons purport to explain why the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) has failed
to evolve from confidence-building to preventive diplomacy (PD). These include the
ARF’s large membership and weak institutional structures, its strict adherence to the
sovereignty and non-interference principles as enshrined within the Treaty of Amity
and Cooperation (TAC) that contradict any effective implementation of PD, and
contrasting strategic perspectives among its key participants. While these factors have
certainly hindered security cooperation, none of these are sufficient conditions by
themselves since they have not impeded other regional arrangements from engaging
in PD. The claim here is that the ARF has evolved into a highly formal forum which,
in combination with other oft-cited factors, has inhibited the adoption of a preventive
diplomacy agenda and actionable PD measures. Indeed, the formalization of the
ASEAN Way has in effect rendered the ARF a highly inflexible institution, making
difficult the evolution towards PD. The problem appears less to be the ASEAN Way
per se than a rigid interpretation and practice of the convention. When deliberately
kept informal and flexible, the convention has in fact facilitated the adoption of PD
measures, no matter how preliminary, by their host institutions. |
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