Embedding Embittered History: Unending Conflicts in Thai-Cambodian Relations

Chachavalpongpun, Pavin

doi:10.1080/03068374.2012.643593

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“…Nonetheless, ASEAN governments started as relative rivals, with deep distrust of each other and outstanding territorial conflicts, most of which remain unsolved and continue to affect regional relations (Anwar, 1994;Severino, 2006;Ba, 2009;Roberts, 2012). ASEAN"s expansion in late 1990s (to include Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar) and Indonesia"s democratization following the collapse of the Suharto regime in 1998 significantly reinforced and even exacerbated intra-mural conflicts (Katsumata, 2003;Severino, 2006;Nesadurai, 2009;International Crisis Group, 2011;Chachavalpongpun, 2012). 9 Thailand was never a formal colony, but its early state formation was heavily influenced by neighboring colonial powers.…”

Section: Consensus Informality and Forging Close Interpersonal Relamentioning

confidence: 99%

ASEAN Decision-Making Process: Before and after the ASEAN Charter

Feraru

2016

Asian Development Policy Review

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has long presented IR theorists with a paradox. This is due to the fact that it survived decades of intra-mural conflicts without having provided member states with any of the benefits that justify regional institutional arrangements in Europe. Current debate over the association's effectiveness centers on ASEAN's informal, strictly intergovernmental decision-making process, generally referred to as the 'ASEAN Way'. Supporters credit it with having prevented intra-regional conflicts from escalating into open war by building confidence among member states; while critics regard endurance of this sovereignty-centered decision-making process as a fundamental obstacle to regional integration and emphasize the significant costs it entails. Notwithstanding widespread recognition of the essential role the ASEAN decision-making process plays in explaining regional cooperation, scholars seldom went beyond presenting the various formal and informal procedures, examining their consequences in relation to specific aspects of cooperation, or acknowledging their role in serving the interests of governments. The aim of this article is to provide an in-depth assessment of the evolution of regional decision-making actors and practices and examine the extent of the changes provided for by the ASEAN Charter. It looks at the role these practices play in achieving the objectives member governments set for the association, and finds that the basic policy-making cycle negotiated in late 1960searly 1970s has been reinforced by subsequent institutional changes. The conclusion discusses implications of the continued relevance of this process to fulfilling ASEAN objectives.

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Section: Consensus Informality and Forging Close Interpersonal Relamentioning

confidence: 99%

ASEAN Decision-Making Process: Before and after the ASEAN Charter

Feraru

2016

Asian Development Policy Review

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“…Meanwhile new challenges to the ASEAN efforts at regional community building have emerged. Territorial disputes between Cambodia and Thailand turned violent, despite their being members of ASEAN (Pou 2013;Chachavalpongput 2012). Acharya (2013, 11) also identifies new security challenges.…”

Section: Theoretical Arguments: the Regional And Human Security Nmentioning

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“…Economic success also does not automatically make states cooperative on the politico-security front either. Territorial disputes between Cambodia and its neighbors, especially Thailand, turned violent despite their economic development (Pou 2013;Chachavalpongput 2012). Economically, successful states are likely to spend more on national defense, thus reinforcing traditional security concerns, such as enhancing their national security in general and furthering economic development or sustaining prosperity.…”

Section: Peace Community Building Based On Prosperity?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Building an Asia-Pacific Peace Community from a Human Security Perspective

Peou¹

2016

AISR

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This paper argues that the development of a regional peace community requires a high degree of human security that only stable democratic states are capable of providing. It advances the concept of regional peace community and seeks to formulate and validate the proposition that people-centered democracies are stable and stable democracies make regional peace communities durable. Although much has been written about human security in East Asia, no serious effort has been made to make human security the key conceptual foundation of a regional peace community in the Asia-Pacific.

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“…How can you say they we are a community if we attack each other?’ ( Jakarta Post , 2011). If the Thai–Cambodian conflict teaches us anything, it is that nationalism is alive and well in Southeast Asia (Chachavalpongpun, 2012). Therefore, looking to the future, it should not be surprising if progress in regional integration may eventually be subject to reversal as internecine forces trump grand elitist visions of regional integration.…”

Section: The Empirical Record: Security Community or Community In Neementioning

confidence: 99%

The ASEAN Security Community: A Misplaced Consensus

Khoo

2015

Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs

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Is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) a security community? To many theorists and Southeast Asian specialists, the answer is a resounding yes. This article interrogates this consensus. The author contends that a greater sensitivity to empirical evidence and theoretical rigour leads to the conclusion that the claims of security community theorists are far less compelling than is claimed.

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Embedding Embittered History: Unending Conflicts in Thai-Cambodian Relations

Cited by 13 publications

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ASEAN Decision-Making Process: Before and after the ASEAN Charter

ASEAN Decision-Making Process: Before and after the ASEAN Charter

Building an Asia-Pacific Peace Community from a Human Security Perspective

The ASEAN Security Community: A Misplaced Consensus

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