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Chairman's Statement of the 11th ASEAN Summit
Authors:
No Named Author;
The 11th ASEAN Summit, with the theme "One Vision, One Identity, One Community". ASEAN's chaired by The Honourable Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the Chairman of the 11th ASEAN Summit and the Prime Minister of Malaysia. The Leaders more...
Keywords:
Capacity Building;
Conflict Prevention;
Human Security;
International Community;
National Security;
Regional Approaches;
Regional Integration;
Regional Security;
Regionalism;
Sovereignty;
Countries:
Brunei ;
Cambodia ;
Indonesia ;
Laos ;
Malaysia ;
Myanmar (Burma) ;
Philippines ;
Singapore ;
Vietnam ;
Regions:
Asia;
Asia-Pacific;
Southeast Asia;
ASEAN Security Community Plan of Action
Authors:
No Named Author;
This is a document on the ASEAN Security Community (ASEC) Action Plan that was agreed by ASEAN Leaders in the Ninth ASEAN Summit in Bali adopted the Declaration of ASEAN Concord II (Bali Concord II), which stipulated the establishment more...
Keywords:
Regionalism;
Regional Security;
Regional Integration;
Regional Approaches;
Peacebuilding;
Democracy;
Development;
Strategic Culture;
Regions:
Southeast Asia;
ASEAN-Japan Cooperation: A Foundation for East Asian Community
Authors:
No Named Author;
This volume assesses the importance of enhancing the ASEAN-Japan relationship as a step toward building a greater East Asian regional community. International relations experts from ASEAN countries and Japan, as well as China, South more...
Keywords:
Cooperation;
Donors;
Partnership;
Regional Security;
Regionalism;
Countries:
Japan ;
Regions:
Asia;
Asia-Pacific;
East Asia;
Asia in Europe, Europe in Asia
Authors:
Srilata Ravi;
Beng-Lan Goh;
Mario Rutten;
The book presents a unique combination of the study of contemporary and historical practices between Asia and Europe and brings forth some of the latest thinking on the subject. Recent debates have centered primarily on contemporary more...
Keywords:
Partnership;
Regional Approaches;
Regionalism;
Regions:
Asia;
European Union ;
Beyond Greed and Grievance: Policy Lessons from Studies in the Political Economy of Armed Conflict
Authors:
Karen Ballentine;
Heiko Nitzschke;
This policy report provides a synopsis of the key findings from case studies on the political economy of armed intra-state conflicts, commissioned by the International Peace Academy's program on Economic Agendas in Civil Wars (EACW). more...
Keywords:
War;
Conflict;
Economic Development;
Civil Protection;
Conflict Resolution;
Regionalism;
Transnational Crime;
Actors;
Countries:
Nepal ;
Colombia ;
Kosovo;
Papua New Guinea ;
Sri Lanka ;
Myanmar (Burma) ;
Regions:
Central Asia;
Latin America;
South America;
South East Europe;
Asia-Pacific;
South Asia;
Southeast Asia;
Comparative Perspectives on Regional Security Co-Operation amongst Developing Countries [part of the Democratic Governance and Common Security in Southern Africa study]
Authors:
Gavin Cawthra;
This paper examines some of the conceptual issues related to the rise of regional inter-state co-operation, looking in particular, at security and defence co-operation. It presents the different options for co-operation and then examines more...
Keywords:
Regional Approaches;
Regionalism;
Security;
Cooperation;
Regions:
Southern Africa;
Conflict and Peace-building in Africa: The Regional Dimensions
Authors:
Timothy M. Shaw;
Contemporary Africa reveals a range of causes, consequences and responses to conflicts which are increasingly interrelated as well as regional in character, as around the Great Lakes/Horn. Their economic and non-state features are more...
Keywords:
Conflict;
Conflict Cycle;
Regional Approaches;
Regionalism;
Conflict Management;
Regions:
Africa;
Conflict Prevention And Peace-Building In South Asia: What Needs To Be Done?
Authors:
Isobelle Jaques;
The South Asia Forum brought together 46 representatives, at Wilton Park, on 28 July - 1 August 2003, to discuss some of the conflicts in the region and what is needed to build democratic and stable post-conflict societies. It identified more...
Keywords:
Poverty;
Post-Conflict;
Failed States;
Weak States;
Conflict Prevention;
Peacebuilding;
Civil Society;
Regional Approaches;
Regionalism;
Regions:
South Asia;
Southeast Asia;
Conflict Prevention and Peace-building in Southeast Asia: Regional Mechanisms, Best Practices and ASEAN-UN Cooperation in the 21st Century
Authors:
No Named Author;
This is a useful report on the regional perspective on conflict prevention and peacebuilding (CPB) in Southeast Asia. This report reflecting the outcome of the ASEAN-UN conference on the subject matter that guide to some crucial points more...
Keywords:
Conflict Prevention;
Peacebuilding;
Regional Security;
Regionalism;
Regional Approaches;
Conflict;
Good Practice;
Regions:
Southeast Asia;
Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia: Asean and the Problem of Regional Order
Authors:
Amitav Acharya;
This book provide substantial investigation into the prospects for a security community in Asia, ASEAN, which is facing challenges. Addresses these challenges, examining key issues related to the future stability of Southeast Asia more...
Keywords:
Confidence Building;
Conflict Resolution;
Consolidating Democracies;
Cooperation;
Cooperative security;
Regional Approaches;
Regional Integration;
Regional Security;
Regionalism;
Regions:
Asia;
Southeast Asia;
Declaration of ASEAN Concord II (Bali Concord II)
Authors:
No Named Author;
This is the declaration of ASEAN that achieved in the ASEAN's Summit on 7 October 2003. It contains new principles that guiding future directions of ASEAN and regionalism in Southeast Asia. Through this concord, the ASEAN leaders more...
Keywords:
Regionalism;
Regional Security;
Regional Approaches;
Democracy;
Regions:
Southeast Asia;
Democracy, interdependence, international organisations and Asian security debates
Authors:
Benjamin E Goldsmith;
Drawing on recent liberal peace and Asian security research, this article assesses the relevance of prominent "Kantian" hypotheses for understanding the international politics of Asia. While many regional analysts' expectations about more...
Keywords:
Democracy;
Economic Development;
Regionalism;
Security;
Networks;
Nation Building;
Peace;
Regions:
Asia;
ECOWAS creates peace fund
Authors:
No Named Author;
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has created a peace fund to react quickly to security problems in the region.
Keywords:
ECOWAS;
Regional Approaches;
Regionalism;
Peacebuilding;
Conflict Prevention;
Conflict Prevention Pools;
Countries:
Guinea-Bissau ;
Regions:
West Africa;
Forging an ASEAN Identity: The Challenge to Construct a Shared Destiny
Authors:
Michael E Jones;
ASEAN has formulated a planned integration among its ten member nations and has challenged its citizens to embrace a regional identity. This article raises and attempts to answer the following questions: How might ASEAN develop strategies more...
Keywords:
Policy Development;
Regionalism;
Illegal Migration;
Regional Integration;
Regions:
Southeast Asia;
Asia-Pacific;
From Collective Security to Peace building? The Challenges of Managing Regional security in Southern Africa
Authors:
Rocklyn Williams;
This chapter focuses on the current divisions within SADC and maintains that an essential pre-requisite to securing higher levels of regional cohesion will be the identification of those issues and common processes which SADC needs more...
Keywords:
Collective Security;
Peacebuilding;
Regionalism;
Security;
Politics;
Economic Development;
Regions:
Southern Africa;
Africa;
Indonesia's Non-State Actors in ASEAN: A New Regionalism Agenda for Southeast Asia?
Authors:
Alexander C Chandra;
This article analyses the attitude of Indonesian non-state actors towards ASEAN and its activities. Despite a certain indifference towards the Association, the majority of Indonesian non-state actors still positively value the existence more...
Keywords:
Regionalism;
Planning;
Policy Development;
Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO);
Civil Society;
Countries:
Indonesia ;
Regions:
Southeast Asia;
Asia;
Integration and transition --Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao PDR
Authors:
No Named Author;
The paper holds as a premise that effective integration of the three Indochina economies with the "old ASEANS" involves the former developing market institutions that can sustain "quality" growth which will take them out of the transitional more...
Keywords:
Economic Development;
Regionalism;
Nation Building;
Colonialism;
Cooperation;
Reform;
Politics;
Government;
Countries:
Laos ;
Cambodia ;
Vietnam ;
Regions:
Southeast Asia;
Myanmar: Sanctions, Engagement or Another Way Forward?
Authors:
No Named Author;
Myanmar's National Convention, dormant since the mid 1990s, is due to reconvene on 17 May 2004. If Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and National League for Democracy (NLD) Deputy Chairman Tin Oo are released before then (as it is now widely assumed more...
Keywords:
Authoritarianism;
Democracy;
Military Dictatorship;
Civil Society;
Policy Development;
Regionalism;
Countries:
Myanmar (Burma) ;
Regions:
Southeast Asia;
Asia;
New Southern Africa in Historical Perspectives [part of the Democratic Governance and Common Security in Southern Africa study]
Authors:
Abillah Omari;
The paper outlines the history of the Southern African regional institutions, which have relevance to the present-day governance and security. It finds the region has been organising and that the various regional institutions formed more...
Keywords:
Regional Approaches;
Regionalism;
Conflict;
Conflict Resolution;
Regions:
Southern Africa;
Pakistan, SAARC and ASEAN Relations
Authors:
Faizal Yahya;
Dynamics within the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) have often been influenced by bilateral relations between its two largest member economies, India and Pakistan. While SAARC grapples with challenges to regional more...
Keywords:
Regionalism;
Regional Security;
Partnership for peace in Asia: ASEAN, the ARF, and the United Nations
Authors:
Mely Caballero-Anthony;
The end of the Cold War has renewed attention on regionalism and a reconsideration of the security role of regional security organizations in promoting international peace and security, However, the capacities of regional organizations more...
Keywords:
Partnership;
Peace;
Post-Cold War;
Post-Conflict;
Regional Approaches;
Regional Security;
Regionalism;
United Nations;
Regions:
Southeast Asia;
Preventive Diplomacy: Charting a Course for the ASEAN Regional Forum
Authors:
Ralph A Cossa;
Ambassador Richard Solomon;
Ian Townsend-Gault;
Raymond Quilop;
This report examines the suggestions contained in the 1995 ARF Concept Paper and other recommendations, with particular emphasis on the scope and functions of an EEPG, the expanded role of the ARF Chair, and the establishment of an more...
Keywords:
Preventive Diplomacy;
Regionalism;
Regions:
Asia-Pacific;
Regional Approaches to Conflict Prevention in Africa: European Support to African Process
Authors:
No Named Author;
ECDPM and International Alert give an overview of the new international security context, EU conflict prevention policies and instruments -- and indicates necessary steps to translate these tools and concepts in policymaking and programming.
Keywords:
Conflict Prevention;
Regional Approaches;
Regionalism;
Regions:
Africa;
European Union ;
Regional Budget for the TNI: A threat for civilian control over the military
Authors:
No Named Author;
This article looks at a case-study of how several regional government's in Indonesia planned to buy patrol ships. This was after an initiative by The Navy Chief of Staff who proposed that the regional governments assist in buying more...
Keywords:
Budget Review;
Defence Budgeting;
Regionalism;
Civilian Control;
Democratic Control;
Countries:
Indonesia ;
Regions:
Southeast Asia;
Regional Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific: Political and Security Dimensions
Authors:
Carolina Hernandez;
This paper address the diversity and the dynamics of Asia-Pacific region in building regional security. The writer states that "[I]t is important to note that the Asia Pacific has features that make it markedly different from the more...
Keywords:
Regional Integration;
Regional Approaches;
Regional Security;
Regionalism;
Peace;
Confidence Building;
Regions:
Asia-Pacific;