Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia : ASEAN and the Problem of Regional Order

This second edition of "Constructing a Security Community in Southeast" takes the excellent framework from Acharya's first edition (2000) and brings it up-to-date, looking at ASEAN's comprehensive and critical account of the evolution of The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) norms and the viability of the ASEAN way of conflict management.

Key issues in determining the future stability of the Southeast Asian and Asia Pacific region are covered, including: the effect of expansion; the application of the ASEAN model of conflict management to the wider Asia Pacific region; territorial disputes in the South China Sea; domestic instability in Burma and Cambodia; and military acquisitions on intra-regional relations.

Including additional material on ASEAN's response to terrorism in the wake of the 'war on terror' and the proposal for an ASEAN security community, this new edition will continue to appeal to students and scholars of Asian security, international relations theory and Southeast Asian studies.