ASEAN resistance to sovereignty violation : interests, balancing and the role of the vanguard state / Laura Southgate.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Examining how the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) has responded to external threats over the past 50 years, this book provides a compelling account of regional state actions and foreign policy in the face of potential sovereignty violation. The author draws on a large amount of previously unanalysed material, including declassified government documents and WikiLeaks cables, to examine four key cases since 1975. Taking into account state interests and the role of external powers, the author develops the 'vanguard state theory' to explain ASEAN state responses to sovereignty violation, which, it is argued, has universal applicability and explanatory power.

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Intro; ASEAN RESISTANCE TO SOVEREIGNTY VIOLATION; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: ASEAN and the Vanguard State; Questioning ASEAN resistance to sovereignty violation; An introduction to existing ASEAN scholarship; Explaining ASEAN resistance to sovereignty violation; Outline of the book; 1. Interests and Vanguard State Theory; Constructivist theory: the power of norms and ideas; Realist theory: US influence and the balance of power; Critical theory: the power of social forces; Contribution to the realist debate; Delineating our variables

Defining and measuring interest convergenceVanguard state theory: on balancing, bargaining and power; Conceptualizing ASEAN; Methodology; 2. The Indonesian Invasion of East Timor; Indonesia and the Cold War regional environment (1970-1975); Civil war in East Timor; ASEAN vanguard state -- external power interest convergence; ASEAN institutional cohesion; Indonesia's invasion of East Timor (December 1975); Invasion repercussions: Indonesian resistance to sovereignty violation; Theoretical assessment of Indonesia's invasion of East Timor (1975); Contrasting theoretical arguments

3. The Third Indochina WarThe Southeast Asian regional environment (1975-1978); The Soviet and Vietnamese threat; ASEAN-China relations; Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia -- a catalyst for convergence; Emergence of the ASEAN vanguard state; ASEAN vanguard state -- external power interest convergence; The regional environment 1980-1991; Theoretical assessment of the Third Indochina War (1978-1991); Contrasting theoretical arguments; 4. The East Timor Humanitarian Crisis; Indonesia in the post-Cold War regional environment; Indonesia-state interest convergence in the post-Cold War period

The Asian Financial Crisis (1997) -- a catalyst for changeIndonesia -- external power interest divergence; ASEAN institutional cohesion; East Timor's vote for independence; Calls for external intervention in East Timor; Indonesian failure to resist sovereignty violation; INTERFET as a violation of Indonesian sovereignty; Theoretical assessment of the East Timor crisis (1999); Contrasting theoretical arguments; 5. The South China Sea Dispute; Background to the maritime dispute; ASEAN'S failure to secure interest convergence (1992-2012); ASEAN-US partial interest convergence (2012-2016)

The arrival of Trump and Duterte -- interest divergence (2016 to present)Theoretical assessment of the South China Sea dispute: interest convergence theory; Contrasting theoretical arguments; 6. The Future of ASEAN Sovereignty?; Contending explanations for sovereignty violation in Southeast Asia; Vanguard state theory; Dynamics of state interaction; ASEAN, intervention and the responsibility to protect; References; Index

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