{"product_id":"2940148397830","title":"ASEAN AND ITS SECURITY OFFSPRING: FACING NEW CHALLENGES","description":"The Association of Southeast Asian Nations\u003cbr\u003e(ASEAN) is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.\u003cbr\u003eUniting the 10 major mainland and insular Southeast\u003cbr\u003eAsian states, ASEAN has also established formal links\u003cbr\u003eto Northeast Asia (ASEAN+3), as well as to the world\u003cbr\u003eat large (ASEAN Regional Forum). It is appropriate at\u003cbr\u003ethis time to take stock of ASEAN and project its future.\u003cbr\u003eHow effectively have ASEAN and its organizational\u003cbr\u003eoffspring functioned as a security community? Have\u003cbr\u003ethe Association’s members been able to aggregate\u003cbr\u003etheir security interests? Have they presented a united\u003cbr\u003esecurity front to other states? Do they collaborate to\u003cbr\u003eresolve internal security problems and protect one\u003cbr\u003eanother against external security challenges?\u003cbr\u003eIn this monograph, Professor Sheldon Simon, who\u003cbr\u003ehas written on Asian security for over 40 years, argues\u003cbr\u003ethat ASEAN is pursuing an engagement strategy in\u003cbr\u003ethe 21st century, bringing the great powers (the United\u003cbr\u003eStates, China, India, Japan, and the European Union)\u003cbr\u003einto Southeast Asia’s political and economic discussions.\u003cbr\u003eWhile these large deliberative arrangements provide\u003cbr\u003eregular opportunities to keep one another informed of\u003cbr\u003eintentions, they have been too unwieldy to effect major\u003cbr\u003echanges in political and economic relations. For the\u003cbr\u003eUnited States, ASEAN-dominated organizations have\u003cbr\u003etaken second place to Washington’s bilateral ties to\u003cbr\u003eSoutheast Asia, particularly with respect to Indonesia,\u003cbr\u003eSingapore, Thailand, and the Philippines. Nevertheless,\u003cbr\u003eASEAN’s symbolic importance to the United States\u003cbr\u003ewas acknowledged in the summer of 2006 when both\u003cbr\u003ethe State Department and Congress announced that\u003cbr\u003eWashington planned to appoint an ambassador to the association. America’s future multilateral security\u003cbr\u003erelationships with Asia must take a more active ASEAN\u003cbr\u003einto account.\u003cbr\u003eThe Strategic Studies Institute is pleased to offer\u003cbr\u003ethis monograph as part of its efforts to help U.S.\u003cbr\u003emilitary and defense leaders understand the key role\u003cbr\u003ethat Southeast Asia-centered organizations are playing\u003cbr\u003ein Asian security.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072662159600,"sku":"2940148397830","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148397830_p0.jpg?v=1763702103","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148397830","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}