ASEAN and Non‑interference: A Principle Maintained

Ramcharan, Robin

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“…The idea of distributing aid offshore must be absurd to many, but for Southeast Asian nations, sovereignty is a notion which is particularly effective to evoke, considering the region's idiosyncratic insistence on non-interference (Ramcharan, 2000). In the past two decades, emphasis on territorial sovereignty in particular has become more pronounced as the Nunukan tragedy in 2002 established the firm link between migration and security (Tirtosudarmo, 2004(Tirtosudarmo, , 2018.…”

Section: The 2015 Rohingya Refugee Crisis Revisited: Sovereignty and ...mentioning

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Migration to Southeast Asia

2018

An Introduction to the Culture and History of the Teochews in Singapore

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Section: The 2015 Rohingya Refugee Crisis Revisited: Sovereignty and ...mentioning

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“…ASEAN's founding members, in turn, were keen to unite against a new threat in the post-Cold War era, that of regional insignificance. Sandwiched between the fast-developing economies of India and China, they wanted to assert themselves on a newly configured world stage and resist outsiders' attempts to impose their will on the region (Ramcharan, 2000). It was thus unthinkable that regional integration could be at the expense of strong state sovereignty.…”

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Reconciling Nation and Region: Vietnamese Nation Building and Asean Regionalism

Sutherland

2009

Political Studies

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The article sets out to gauge the usefulness of the concepts of legitimacy, sovereignty and nation in theorising a specific, South‐East Asian case of nation building. It looks at the interplay between nation building and regionalist ideology in Vietnam, within the context of the Association of South‐East Asian Nations (ASEAN). As one of the world's last communist states, the way in which Vietnam has reconciled hard‐won sovereignty with regionalisation is all the more intriguing. The article distinguishes the state‐led ideology of regionalism from the macro‐level process of regionalisation in charting how sovereignty, legitimacy and nation are constructed in the Vietnamese case, with a view to drawing parallels with experiences in other regions. The first section looks at the concepts of legitimacy, sovereignty and nation and how they underpin the state construct, before relating these to Vietnam's ongoing nation‐building project in the second section. The final section evaluates the evolution of these concepts within a regional framework, with specific reference to Vietnam's experience as a member of ASEAN. It concludes that official nation building in Vietnam continues to be based on the premises of state sovereignty and legitimacy, an approach eminently compatible with ‘the ASEAN way’. The Vietnamese Communist party seeks to reconcile regionalism with its ongoing nation‐building project in a bid to bolster both domestic legitimacy and external sovereignty.

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“…6 This principle is said to have been "maintained" despite the impact of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, and to have survived essentially unaltered in application to Burma. 7 Such views are understandable given the way ASEAN governments' statements have historically implied that merely commenting on their internal affairs constitutes unacceptable "interference." 8 Nonetheless, strong countervailing evidence exists to suggest the norm has been violated in key instances.…”

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ASEAN's Albatross: ASEAN's Burma Policy, from Constructive Engagement to Critical Disengagement

Jones

2008

Asian Security

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Following the abortive "Saffron Revolution" of autumn 2007, Burma's ASEAN partners were subject to the timeworn criticism that the grouping persistently fails to act against its pariah member due to its near-religious adherence to the norm of non-interference. Conversely, this paper argues that ASEAN's policy towards Burma has never been one of strict non-interference, but has always been premised on the claim that ASEAN can encourage political change there. Moreover, the non-interference principle has come under increasing pressure since the Asian financial crisis. The article tracks the evolution of ASEAN's policy, from the adoption of constructive engagement in 1988, through the gradual frustration of ASEAN's designs, to its present position of critical disengagement, arguing ASEAN's failure to take a stronger line has less to do with any binding "norms" than with the interests of the region's predominantly illiberal elites and the grouping's increasing difficulties in achieving meaningful consensus.We don't set out to change the world and our neighbors. We don't believe in it. The culture of ASEAN is that we do not interfere.(Goh Chok Tong, Prime Minister of Singapore, 1992) 1 ASEAN is trying to democratize Myanmar. (Nguyen Dy Nien, Foreign Minister of Vietnam, 2004) 2

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ASEAN and Non‑interference: A Principle Maintained

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Reconciling Nation and Region: Vietnamese Nation Building and Asean Regionalism

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